shrink

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

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

Noun

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

Sinònims

contract

reduce

shrivel

diminish

decrease

shorten

flinch

lessen

dwindle

cringe

recoil

become smaller

cower

wrinkle

abridge

wince

wither

psychiatrist

compress

become small

draw back

draw

abbreviate

quail

subside

curtail

wilt

withdraw

hesitate

huddle

decline

drop

deflate

scale down

lower

ease

squinch

crumple

funk

head-shrinker

tighten

shrivel up

shudder

be bent

wrinkled

collapse

fade

bend

deteriorate

narrow

fight shy

wane

waste away

wad

parch

headshrinker

blench

condense

boil down

sag

reduce in size

pucker

retract

make smaller

become wrinkled

cut

let down

lifeless

loathe

loll

look down

lose weight

mass

miniaturise

miniaturize

minimize

mitigate

mortify

muster

narrow down

outline

pick up

pine

prune

psychologist

pull down

put down

recapitulate

recede

reduced

regress

reluctant

retire

retreat

retrench

retrogress

return

roll out

roll up

ruck

ruin

rumple

run down

send back

shortened

shrunken

shun

shy

sink

slit

smaller

smell

👃

squeeze

startle

stink

streak

summarize

taper

tense

therapist

thin

hold aloof

tremble

trick cyclist

trim

twist

warp

wimple

wipe up

wreck

write down

yield

become stiff

be disgusted

be reduced

be shy

be sulky

be timid

crimple

cry down

cut open

flinch from

go flat

grow less

head shrinker

lag behind

make a stroke

pull to pieces

resile

ruck up

shrink back

become lean

be daunted

fear

😨

waste

be shrivelled

cause to shrink

grow lean

be cowardly

be craven

be crumpled

be pusillanimous

be spineless

down into

be contracted

become contracted

rear back

be drawn together

be rucked up

be shrunken

cease burning

back

🔙

haul back

abase

abate

abbreviated

abhor

abridged

abstract

analyst

astringe

attenuate

avoid

bow out

bring down

burn out

cave in

close

coarse

cockle

collect

constricted

contracted

couch

🛋️

crepe

crinkle

crouch

cut back

cut down

cut up

daunted

debase

degrade

demean

demolish

demur

deprave

destroy

detest

die back

diffident

digest

discredit

dither

downsize

draw a line

droop

dry out

dry up

dwarf

dwindle away

emaciate

epitomize

extenuate

fall

fall back

frightened

furl

gather

give

give back

hang back

harden

humble

humiliate

intimidate

knit

lambaste

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.