shrink
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shrink (third-person singular simple present shrinks, present participle shrinking, simple past shrank or shrunk, past participle shrunk or shrunken)
- (intransitive) To contract, to become smaller, especially through exposure to cold and moisture.
- This garment will shrink when wet.
- (transitive) To cause something to become smaller.
- (intransitive) To attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty; as, to shrink from a task.
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intransitive: to contract, to become smaller
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transitive: to cause something to shrink
intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty
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[edit] Noun
shrink (plural shrinks)
- shrinkage; contraction; recoil
- Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, / That I had less to praise. — Leigh Hunt.
- (slang, sometimes pejorative) A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.
- You need to see a shrink.
- My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
- 1994, Green Day, Basket Case
- I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams. He said it's lack of sex that's bringing my down.
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- The slang sense was originally pejorative, expressing a distrust of practitioners in the field. It is now more nearly belittling or trivializing.
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psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)
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