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Synonyms for shrink in English

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Detailed Synonyms for shrink in English

shrink:

to shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)

  1. to shrink
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • drop verb (drops, dropped, dropping)
  2. to shrink
    to decrease; to decline; to shrink; to remove; to dwindle; wain; to take away; to go thieving; be shortcoming
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • decline verb (declines, declined, declining)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • remove verb (removes, removed, removing)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • wain verb
    • take away verb (takes away, took away, taking away)
    • go thieving verb (goes thieving, went thieving, going thieving)
  3. to shrink
    to decrease; to shrink; to go down; to sink
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • sink verb (sinks, sank, sinking)
  4. to shrink
    to diminish; to shrink; to decrease; to reduce
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  5. to shrink
    to diminish; to shrink; to dwindle
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
  6. to shrink
    to diminish; to shrivel; to shrink; to shrink back; to dwindle; to subside; to wizen; to shrivel up
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • subside verb (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • wizen verb (wizens, wizened, wizening)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
  7. to shrink
    to recoil; to shrink back; recoil from; to withdraw; to shrink
    • recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • withdraw verb (withdraws, withdrew, withdrawing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
  8. to shrink
    diminishing; to shrink
  9. to shrink
    – decrease in size, range, or extent 1
    to shrink; to shrivel
    – decrease in size, range, or extent 1
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
      • His earnings shrank1
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
      • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me1
  10. to shrink
    – become smaller or draw together 1
    to contract; to shrink
    – become smaller or draw together 1
    • contract verb (contracts, contracted, contracting)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
      • The fabric shrank1
      • The balloon shrank1
  11. to shrink
    – reduce in size; reduce physically 1
    to reduce; to shrink
    – reduce in size; reduce physically 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
      • Hot water will shrink the sweater1
      • Can you shrink this image?1
  12. to shrink
    – wither, as with a loss of moisture 1
    to shrink; to wither; to shrivel; to shrivel up
    – wither, as with a loss of moisture 1
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • wither verb (withers, withered, withering)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
      • The fruit dried and shriveled1
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
  13. to shrink
    – draw back, as with fear or pain 1
    to shrink; to recoil; to flinch; funk; quail; squinch; wince; cringe
    – draw back, as with fear or pain 1
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)
    • flinch verb (flinches, flinched, flinching)
      • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf1
    • funk verb
    • quail verb
    • squinch verb
    • wince verb
    • cringe verb
  14. to shrink
    – To remove unused space from data tables. 2
    to shrink
    – To remove unused space from data tables. 2
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)

Conjugations for shrink:

present
  1. shrink
  2. shrink
  3. shrinks
  4. shrink
  5. shrink
  6. shrink
simple past
  1. shrank
  2. shrank
  3. shrank
  4. shrank
  5. shrank
  6. shrank
present perfect
  1. have shrunk
  2. have shrunk
  3. has shrunk
  4. have shrunk
  5. have shrunk
  6. have shrunk
past continuous
  1. was shrinking
  2. were shrinking
  3. was shrinking
  4. were shrinking
  5. were shrinking
  6. were shrinking
future
  1. shall shrink
  2. will shrink
  3. will shrink
  4. shall shrink
  5. will shrink
  6. will shrink
continuous present
  1. am shrinking
  2. are shrinking
  3. is shrinking
  4. are shrinking
  5. are shrinking
  6. are shrinking
subjunctive
  1. be shrunk
  2. be shrunk
  3. be shrunk
  4. be shrunk
  5. be shrunk
  6. be shrunk
diverse
  1. shrink!
  2. let's shrink!
  5. shrunk
  6. shrinking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shrink [the ~] noun

  1. the shrink
    the psychiatrist; the shrink
  2. the shrink
    – a physician who specializes in psychiatry 1
    the shrink; the psychiatrist; the head-shrinker
    – a physician who specializes in psychiatry 1

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Related Definitions for "shrink":

  1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry1
  2. decrease in size, range, or extent1
    • His earnings shrank1
  3. become smaller or draw together1
    • The fabric shrank1
    • The balloon shrank1
  4. reduce in size; reduce physically1
    • Hot water will shrink the sweater1
    • Can you shrink this image?1
  5. wither, as with a loss of moisture1
  6. draw back, as with fear or pain1
  7. To remove unused space from data tables.2

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