shrink

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

encogerse

encoger

mermar

menguar

disminuir

contraer

achicarse

contraerse

reducirse

reducir

recular

decrecer

retroceder

psiquiatra

abreviar

disminuirse

embeber

acortar

rehuir

resumir

siquiatra

agotarse

amenguar

aminorar

compendiar

consumirse

desbocarse

deshincharse

empequeñecer

languidecer

reaccionar

sanforizar

trinchar

zafar

desinflarse

loquero

desincharse

cortar en la base

recortar con dientes

tener miendo

amputar

cercenar

condensar

correr

cortar

desacredicusar

desacreditar

desaparecer

dividir

hender

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

schrumpfen

diminuer

encolher

diminuire

abnehmen

restringersi

rétrécir

verminderen

azalmak

einlaufen

diminuir

azaltmak

schwinden

inkorten

abaisser

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʃɹɪŋk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: schrynken

Heredado de inglés antiguo: sċrincan

Cognado con neerlandés: 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.