shrink

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

encolher

diminuir

psiquiatra

contrair

minguar

reduzir

recuar

encurtar

murchar

decrescer

encolhimento

resumir

traçar

tracejar

enrugar

médico psiquiatra

contrair-se

abaixar

ficar menor

abreviar

comprimir

condensar

desabar

enrugar-se

psicólogo

restringir

retroceder

riscar

tornar a somar

tornar menor

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

schrumpfen

diminuer

encogerse

encoger

mermar

diminuire

restringersi

abnehmen

rétrécir

verminderen

azalmak

einlaufen

azaltmak

menguar

schwinden

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʃɹɪŋk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: schrynken

Herdado de inglês arcaico: sċrincan

Cognato com holandês: 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.