shrunk Definition
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shrink
verb shrank, shrunk, shrinking
- tr & intr
1. To make or become smaller in size or extent, especially through exposure to heat, cold or moisture.
- Thesaurus: contract, dwindle, shrivel, condense; Antonym: expand, stretch.
2. To contract or make something contract.
intr
3. To shrivel or wither.
4. To move away in horror or disgust; to recoil.
- Thesaurus: recoil, flinch, cower, cringe, quail, shy away, withdraw.
- Form: shrink from something (often)
- Form: shrink from something (often)
- To shrink-wrap.
- 1. An act of shrinking.
2. colloq
- A psychiatrist.
adj
shrunk shrink
