shrink

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
2. (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
3. (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
4. (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
6. (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.

Noun

1. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
2. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
3. (uncountable) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

Conceptes

encongir

contraure

contreure

minvar

reduir

reglar

resumir

traçar

escurçar

abreujar

marcir

psiquiatre

retrocedir

debilitar-se

emmusteir-se

marcir-se

mustiar

mustiar-se

mustigar

mustigar-se

pansir

encongir-se

recular

desacreditar

contreure’s

pansir-se

psicòleg

ratllar

Sinònims

contract

reduce

shrivel

diminish

decrease

shorten

flinch

lessen

dwindle

recoil

cringe

become smaller

wrinkle

cower

abridge

wince

psychiatrist

wither

compress

subside

become small

draw back

quail

abbreviate

draw

squinch

tighten

scale down

huddle

deflate

decline

hesitate

funk

lower

head-shrinker

curtail

ease

crumple

drop

wilt

withdraw

shudder

blench

bend

condense

retract

sag

collapse

parch

make smaller

Traduccions

schrumpfen

diminuer

encolher

encogerse

mermar

diminuire

encoger

abnehmen

restringersi

verminderen

rétrécir

azalmak

einlaufen

menguar

diminuir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃɹɪŋk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: schrynken

Heretat de anglès antic: sċrincan

Cognat amb neerlandès: schrinken

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.