English dictionary
shrink
nounPronunciation
ˈʃɹɪŋk
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry
verb
- decrease in size, range, or extent
verb
- become smaller or draw together
verb
- reduce in size; reduce physically
verb
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
verb
- draw back, as with fear or pain
Example sentences
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
Can you shrink this image?
The fruit dried and shriveled
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf