shrink
— Noun
– English
~ a physician who specializes in psychiatry
shrinkable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being shrunk; "a shrinkable fabric"
shrinkage
— Noun
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~ 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
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~ the act of becoming less
shrinkwrap
— Verb
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~ 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
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~ decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
shrivel
— Verb
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~ wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
shriveled
— Adjective
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~ 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
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~ form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
shroud
— Verb
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~ cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
shroud
— Verb
– English
~ wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"