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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shrink \Shrink\, v. i. [imp. {Shrank}or {Shrunk}p. p. {Shrunk} or {Shrunken}, but the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrinking}.] [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. {Shrimp}.] 1. To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted. [1913 Webster] And on a broken reed he still did stay His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Against this fire do I shrink up. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And shrink like parchment in consuming fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] All the boards did shrink. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. [1913 Webster] What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. --Pope. [1913 Webster] They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. --Jowett (Thucyd.) [1913 Webster] 3. To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shrink \Shrink\, v. t. 1. To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {To shrink on} (Mach.), to fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till it can be slipped into place. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shrink \Shrink\, n. 1. The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. [1913 Webster] Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. --Leigh Hunt. [1913 Webster] 2. [Contraction of head-shrinker, a colloquial term for psychiatrist.] a psychiatrist. [Coll.] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: shrink n 1: a physician who specializes in psychiatry [syn: {psychiatrist}, {head-shrinker}, {shrink}] v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: {shrivel}, {shrivel up}, {shrink}, {wither}] 2: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: {flinch}, {squinch}, {funk}, {cringe}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil}, {quail}] 3: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: {shrink}, {reduce}] 4: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" [syn: {shrink}, {contract}] [ant: {expand}, {spread out}, {stretch}] 5: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: {shrink}, {shrivel}]