shrink

(Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈʃɹɪŋk/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: schrynken

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: sċrincan

Pokrewny z niderlandzki: 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.

Koncepcje

zmniejszyć

psychiatra

kurczyć się

psycholog

skrócić

obniżać

opadać

opuszać

poniżać

skracać

zmniejszać

cofać się

zmniejszenie

poniżać siẹ

ponizyć siẹ

Synonimy

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

Tłumaczenia

schrumpfen

diminuer

encolher

encogerse

diminuire

mermar

encoger

restringersi

abnehmen

rétrécir

verminderen

azalmak

einlaufen

menguar

diminuir