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US
/ˈʃɹɪŋk/
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[ UK /ʃɹˈɪŋk/ ]
[ UK /ʃɹˈɪŋk/ ]
VERB
-
decrease in size, range, or extent
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
His earnings shrank -
become smaller or draw together
The balloon shrank
The fabric shrank -
reduce in size; reduce physically
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image? -
wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled -
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
NOUN
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry
How To Use shrink In A Sentence
- We're currently shrinking the size of technology by a factor of 5.6 per linear dimension per decade, so it is conservative to say that this scenario will be feasible in a few decades.
- Locked into declining industries and a shrinking public sector, unions have become ineffective. Times, Sunday Times
- I'm worried about washing that shirt in case it shrinks.
- You cannot tell people to shrink or become less fit. Times, Sunday Times
- The partial credit manager's month loan completes the volume even to shrink about 90 %.
- Moving onto land may have been a survival strategy resulting from the need to abandon one shrinking body of water for another .
- Dear ladies (and sirs), that last is reason alone to try to remember to WASH - not dryclean - your (washable) fabrics when you get them home, instead of waiting until just before you sew them to preshrink them. Resolved. - A Dress A Day
- Over 10,000 filar-micrometer and red light CCD measurements of Mars' north polar cap have been taken over the past 40 years, and they show that it has been shrinking. The polar-bears-on-the-melting-ice-cap photo.
- Our brave front withstood unshrinkingly the heavy fire of rifles and cannon concentrated upon it.
- In our ever shrinking world, the short range qualities of shotgun pellets mean we don't need big ranges and lots of space to enjoy our sport.