shrink back
— Verb
– English
～ pull away from a source of disgust or fear
shrink from
— Verb
– English
～ avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
shrink
— Noun
– English
～ a physician who specializes in psychiatry
shrinkable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being shrunk; "a shrinkable fabric"
shrinkage
— Noun
– English
～ the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
shrinkage
— Noun
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～ process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
shrinkage
— Noun
– English
～ the amount by which something shrinks
shrinking
— Noun
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～ process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
shrinking
— Noun
– English
～ the act of becoming less
shrinkwrap
— Verb
– English
～ wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling; "shrinkwrap the CDs"
shrive
— Verb
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～ grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys"
shrivel
— Verb
– English
～ decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
shrivel
— Verb
– English
～ wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
shriveled
— Adjective
– English
～ reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
shriveled
— Adjective
– English
～ (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
shriveled
— Adjective
– English
～ lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
shrivelled
— Adjective
– English
～ lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
shrivelled
— Adjective
– English
～ (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
shrivelled
— Adjective
– English
～ reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
shroud
— Verb
– English
～ form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"