shrink
shrink
ʃrÉĒnk
shrink
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shrink"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of clothes or fabric) to become smaller when washed with hot water
Intransitive
to shrink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The woolen scarf has shrunk after being accidentally washed with warm water.
āωāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āϜāϞ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease in size or volume
Intransitive
to shrink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the population of endangered species can shrink, leading to concerns about their survival.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to pull back or show hesitation due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has a phobia of spiders, causing her to shrink in fear whenever she encounters one.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύāχ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

shrink definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The patient was referred to a shrink for evaluation.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

shrinking
shrink
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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