shrink :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

headshrinker, psychiatrist

n. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Verbs (17)

reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

contract, draw together

v. become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

crunch, compress, compact, pack

v. to process data by squeezing them, in order to gain space

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

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (215)

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

press, squeeze, contract, compress, compact, constrict, press together, squeeze together

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

pinch, crimp

v. make ridges into by pinching together

reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise, remove oxygen from

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

stoop, crouch, bow, bend down

v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

duck, move up and down

v. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

discount, give a discount on

v. give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

regress, retrogress, retrograde, undergo regress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

drain, run out

v. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

become smaller, taper off

v. become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

scorch, parch, sear

v. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

dehydrate, desicate, dessicate, dry up

v. lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

scorch, singe, swinge, burn superficially

v. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

decay

v. undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

press, squeeze, contract, compress, compact, constrict, press together, squeeze together

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

pinch, crimp

v. make ridges into by pinching together

reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise, remove oxygen from

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

stoop, crouch, bow, bend down

v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

duck, move up and down

v. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

dry, dry out, become dry

v. become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"

blot, dry with blotting paper

v. dry (ink) with blotting paper

waste, languish, waste away, pine away

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

wilt, lose strength

v. lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

purse, wrinkle

v. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

shudder, shiver, dither

v. shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

shy, start suddenly

v. start suddenly, as from fight

crawl, fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

v. show submission or fear

stoop, crouch, bow, bend down

v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

spring, bound, rebound, bounce, recoil, ricochet, take a hop

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

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Antonyms (29)

enlarge, magnify, blow up

v. make large; "blow up an image"

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

stretch, extend

v. become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

blow up, inflate, fill with air, fill with gas

v. become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

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