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shrink

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a physician who specializes in psychiatry(noun.person)

Synonym:
head-shrinker, psychiatrist

source: wordnet30
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.(noun)

source: webster1913

wither, as with a loss of moisture(verb.change)

Synonym:
shrivel, shrivel up, wither

source: wordnet30
draw back, as with fear or pain(verb.motion)

Synonym:
cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince

source: wordnet30
reduce in size; reduce physically(verb.change)

Example:
Hot water will shrink the sweater.
Can you shrink this image?.

Synonym:
reduce

source: wordnet30
become smaller or draw together(verb.change)

Synonym:
contract
Antonym:
expand, spread out

source: wordnet30
decrease in size, range, or extent(verb.change)

Synonym:
shrivel

source: wordnet30
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.(verb)

source: webster1913

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