Shrink | Mean of shrink in English Dictionary

/ˈʃrɪŋk/

• Verb
• to become smaller in amount, size, or value
1. The sweater shrank when it was washed.
2. Meat shrinks as it cooks.
3. The town's population shrank during the war.
• to make (something) smaller in amount, size, or value
1. Hot water shrank the sweater.
2. The treatment should shrink the tumor.
• to quickly move away from something shocking, frightening, or disgusting
1. He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.

• to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant)
1. He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.
2. She won't shrink from the task.
• Noun
• a psychiatrist or psychologist
1. He is seeing a shrink.