English to English noun
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a physician who specializes in psychiatry |  | source: wordnet30
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The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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wither, as with a loss of moisture |  | Example: The fruit dried and shriveled
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draw back, as with fear or pain |  | Example: she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
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5 |
reduce in size; reduce physically |  | Example: Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
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become smaller or draw together |  | Example: The fabric shrank The balloon shrank
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decrease in size, range, or extent |  | Example: His earnings shrank My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
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To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted. |  | source: webster1913
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To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. |  | source: webster1913
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