shrink
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To cause to become smaller.
- To become smaller; to contract.
- To cower or flinch.
- To draw back; to withdraw.
- To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
Sinonieme
become smaller
become small
abbreviate
be bent
reduce in size
make smaller
become wrinkled
hold aloof
yield
become stiff
be disgusted
be reduced
be shy
be sulky
be timid
cut open
flinch from
go flat
grow less
head shrinker
make a stroke
ruck up
become lean
be daunted
be shrivelled
cause to shrink
grow lean
be cowardly
be craven
be crumpled
be pusillanimous
be spineless
down into
be contracted
become contracted
be drawn together
be rucked up
be shrunken
cease burning
haul back
astringe
dwindle away
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈʃɹɪŋk/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”). The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker.
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