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shrinkverb to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matterthe sweater will shrink a little when washed compress, condense, constrict, contract collapse, deflate, flattendry up, shrivel, wilt, witherabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessenrecede, retreat, withdraw balloon, expand, snowball, swell accumulate, grow, increaseballoon, inflate, puff (up) to draw back in fear, pain, or disgustshrinking back from the approaching flames blench, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, squinch, wince blanch, pale, whitenquake, quiver, shake, shudder, tremblecrouchjerk, start, twitchrecede, retire, retreat, withdrawfalter, hesitate, reel, waver advance, approach, nearbeard, challenge, confront, defy, face to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallyhis crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen contract, shrink, condense, compress, constrict, deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume.contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length.caused her muscles to contract shrink implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions.the sweater will shrink when washed condense implies a reducing of something homogeneous to greater compactness without significant loss of content.condense the essay into a paragraph compress implies a pressing into a small compass and definite shape usually against resistance.compressed cotton into bales constrict implies a tightening that reduces diameter.the throat is constricted by a tight collar deflate implies a contracting by reducing the internal pressure of contained air or gas.deflate the balloon before the 12th century |