If you wish to get on in the world, you must not shrink from effort.
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Shrink
//ˈʃɹɪŋk//
Synonyms for "shrink" (235 found)
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dribble awaydrift awaydroopdropdrop offdry upduckdwindleebbemacerateemaciateequivocateerodeevadefadefade awayfailfallfall awayfall backfall offfall shortfalterfeel painfeel the pangsfencefight shyfight shy offlaggogo awaygrimacehang backhang offhave a miseryhave qualmshead shrinkerheadshrinkerhedgehem and hawhesitatehold offhuddlehurthypnotherapistjiblanguishlessenlet up
Verb(2 words)
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Verb(16 words)
maceratemake bones aboutmeltmelt awayminimizemove awaymove offnarcotherapistparchparrypausepineplummetplungepoundpreshrinkpsychoanalystpsychoanalyzerpsychotherapeutistpsychotherapist
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pull awaypull backpull inpull outpussyfootput offquailrecederecoilreelreel backrestrictretireretractretreatretrocederun lowsagsanforizescruplesearsheer offshiftshift offshootshortenshrink fromshrinkershrivel upshyshy atshy awayshy offsidestepsinkslinksmartsquandersquinchstand offstartstart asidestart backstep asidestick atsticklestrainsubsidesufferswervetail offtherapistthinthrillthrobtingletrembleturn asidetwingetwitchwaneward offwastewaste awaywaverweakenwearwear awayweaselweasel outweazenwiden the distancewiltwincewithdrawwithdraw fromwitherwizenwrithe
Noun(2 words)
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188 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- krimp verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀποστέλλομαι verb (to move back because of fear or disgust)
- ὀκνέω verb (intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty)
Arabic
3 entries- أَحْجَمَ verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- تَقَلَّصَ verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- قَلَّصَ verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Armenian
1 entries- փոքրանալ verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kiçilmək verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Bulgarian
4 entries- психотерапевт noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- намалявам verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- отдръпвам се verb (to move back because of fear or disgust)
- свивам verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Catalan
2 entries- encongir verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- encongir-se verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 收縮 /收缩 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- 縮 /缩 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- 縮水 /缩水 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Czech
4 entries- psychouš noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- scvrknout se verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- smrštit se verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- zmenšit se verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Danish
2 entries- krympe verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- krympe sig verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Dutch
4 entries- zielenknijper noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- zielknijper noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- krimpen verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- krimpen verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Egyptian
1 entries- Aa1-U2:D4-G1-G1-A17 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Esperanto
4 entries- etigi verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- etiĝi verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- malkreskiĝi verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- ŝrumpi verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Finnish
4 entries- kallonkutistaja noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- kutistaa verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- kutistua verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- laistaa verb (intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty)
French
4 entries- psy noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- diminuer verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- faire rétrécir verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- rapetisser verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
German
4 entries- Irrenarzt noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- Seelenklempner noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- abnehmen verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- scheuen verb (to move back because of fear or disgust)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to cower)
Greek
4 entries- τρελογιατρός noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- αποτραβιέμαι verb (to cower)
- ζαρώνω verb (to cower)
- λουφάρω verb (intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty)
Hebrew
4 entries- הקטין verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- התכווץ verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- כיווץ verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- קטון verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Hindi
2 entries- सिकुड़ना verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- सिकोड़ना verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Hungarian
4 entries- agykurkász noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- agyturkász noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- fejzsugorító noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- lélekdoki noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
Indonesian
4 entries- memperkecil verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- menciut verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- menciutkan verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- mengecil verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Irish
2 entries- crap verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- crap verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Italian
4 entries- psichiatra noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- strizzacervelli noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- restringersi verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- rimpiccolirsi verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Japanese
4 entries- 精神科医 noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- 尻込みする verb (intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty)
- 短縮する verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- 縮まる verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tsùp verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Korean
4 entries- 정신과 의사 noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- 수축(收縮)하다 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- 움츠러들다 verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- 움츠러들다 verb (intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty)
Latin
2 entries- diminuo verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- minuo verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Middle English
4 entries- schrynken verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- schrynken verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- schrynken verb (to cower)
- schrynken verb (to move back because of fear or disgust)
Māori
4 entries- eti verb (to cower)
- eti verb (to move back because of fear or disgust)
- iti haere verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- kumu verb (to cower)
Norman
1 entries- rap'tichi verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Norwegian
1 entries- krympe verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پوصمق verb (to cower)
Polish
1 entries- kurczyć się verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Portuguese
3 entries- contrair verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- encolher verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- encolher verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Romanian
4 entries- contracta verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- diminua verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- intra la apă verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- micșora verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Russian
4 entries- мозгопра́в noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- сади́ться verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- сесть verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- сжа́ться verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Spanish
4 entries- loquero noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- achicarse verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- contraer verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- contraerse verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Swedish
4 entries- hjärnskrynklare noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- psykare noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- krympa verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- krympa verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Tatar
1 entries- keçeräyü verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Thai
3 entries- หด verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- หด verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- หดตัว verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Turkish
4 entries- deli doktoru noun (psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling))
- küçülmek verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- küçültmek verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
- ufaltmak verb (transitive: to cause something to shrink)
Turkmen
1 entries- kiçelmek verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зме́ншитися verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- зме́ншуватися verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- скоро́чуватися verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- скороти́тися verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Welsh
2 entries- lleihau verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
- mynd yn llai verb (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
He had but one desire: to shrink away and live among the lights and shadows.
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That material's going to shrink if it's washed.
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My jeans won't fit. Did they shrink?
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