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Meaning of shrink

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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