Word
Shrink
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
shrink
Definition
- v. i. - To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to
contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become
compacted.
- v. i. - To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action
from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
- v. i. - To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the
body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
- v. t. - To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by
imersing it in boiling water.
- v. t. - To draw back; to withdraw.
- n. - The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil;
withdrawal.
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