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SHRINK

Definition:

1. [noun] a physician who specializes in psychiatry
   Synonyms: psychiatrist, head-er
   
   
2. [verb] wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
   Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither
   
   
3. [verb] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   Synonyms: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail
   
   
4. [verb] reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
   Synonyms: reduce
   
   
5. [verb] become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
   Synonyms: contract
   
   
6. [verb] decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
   Synonyms: shrivel
   
   

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Related Words:

• atrophy
• die back, die down
• mummify, dry up
• shrink back, retract
• reduce, scale down
• reef
• miniaturize, miniaturise
• depopulate, desolate
• contract
• flex
• alienist
• analyst, psychoanalyst
• Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers
• Menninger, Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger
• Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger
• Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger
• Sullivan, Harry Stack Sullivan

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