shrink
verb
[ ʃrɪŋk ]
• become or make smaller in size or amount.
• "the workforce shrank to a thousand"
Similar:
get smaller,
become/grow smaller,
contract,
diminish,
lessen,
reduce,
decrease,
dwindle,
narrow,
shorten,
slim,
decline,
fall off,
drop off,
condense,
deflate,
shrivel,
wither,
make smaller,
truncate,
abbreviate,
slim down,
pare down,
concentrate,
abridge,
compress,
squeeze,
• move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
• "she shrank away from him, covering her face"
Similar:
draw back,
recoil,
jump back,
spring back,
jerk back,
pull back,
start back,
back away,
retreat,
withdraw,
flinch,
shy away,
blench,
start,
wince,
cringe,
cower,
quail,
shrink
noun
• a psychiatrist.
• "you should see a shrink"
Origin:
Old English scrincan, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish skrynka ‘to wrinkle’. The noun (1960s) is shortened from headshrinker.
