Shrink

Noun1.shrink - a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker, psychiatrist
alienist - a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
psychoanalyst, analyst - a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers - German psychiatrist (1883-1969)
Charles Frederick Menninger, Charles Menninger, Menninger - United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
Karl Augustus Menninger, Karl Menninger, Menninger - United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)
Menninger, William Claire Menninger, William Menninger - United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
Harry Stack Sullivan, Sullivan - United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)
Verb1.shrink - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
shrivel, shrivel up, wither
atrophy - undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
die back, die down - suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
dry up, mummify - dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
2.shrink - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, squinch
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
3.shrink - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
reduce
scale down, reduce - make smaller; "reduce an image"
reef - reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
miniaturise, miniaturize - design or construct on a smaller scale
minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
depopulate, desolate - reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
4.shrink - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
contract
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
flex - contract; "flex a muscle"
stretch - become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
5.shrink - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
shrivel
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

 

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