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shrink
noun
verb
A physician who specializes in psychiatry
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ˈʃɹɪŋk
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noun
A physician who specializes in psychiatry
verb
Decrease in size, range, or extent
“His earnings shrank”
verb
Become smaller or draw together
“The fabric shrank”
verb
Reduce in size; reduce physically
“Hot water will shrink the sweater”
verb
Wither, as with a loss of moisture
“The fruit dried and shriveled”
verb
Draw back, as with fear or pain
“She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
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His earnings shrank
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank
Hot water will shrink the sweater
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The fruit dried and shriveled
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
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