v. i.
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 ]
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 ]
v. t.
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
To shrink on (Mach.),
n.
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,
That I had less to praise. Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Shrink. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shrinking head (Founding),
adv. In a shrinking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]