shrink

Definitions


[ʃrɪŋk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- become or make smaller in size or amount
(e.g: the workforce shrank to a thousand)

- move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust
(e.g: she shrank away from him, covering her face)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scrincan, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish skrynka ‘to wrinkle’. The noun (1960s) is shortened from headshrinker


[ʃrɪŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a psychiatrist
(e.g: you should see a shrink)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scrincan, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish skrynka ‘to wrinkle’. The noun (1960s) is shortened from headshrinker




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