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shrink English

Meaning shrink meaning

What does shrink mean?
Definitions in simple English

shrink

A shrink is another word for a psychologist. He was sent to a shrink because he started to act dangerously

shrink

If something shrinks it becomes smaller. Your clothes will shrink if you put them in the dryer for too long If you shrink something you make it smaller. We need to shrink these images in order to fit them on the page.

shrink

(= shrivel, wither) wither, as with a loss of moisture The fruit dried and shriveled (= reduce) reduce in size; reduce physically Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image? (= flinch) draw back, as with fear or pain she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf become smaller or draw together The fabric shrank The balloon shrank (= shrivel) decrease in size, range, or extent His earnings shrank My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me (= psychiatrist) a physician who specializes in psychiatry

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shrink · verb

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Simple sentences

That material's going to shrink if it's washed.
My jeans won't fit. Did they shrink?
Why do sheep not shrink in the rain?
Is there any way you can un-shrink a T-shirt that has shrunk?
Germany, which counts on China as a major importer of its manufactured goods, saw its economy shrink in the second quarter of the year.
If you wish to get on in the world, you must not shrink from effort.
He had but one desire: to shrink away and live among the lights and shadows.
You need to see a shrink.
My shrink is nuts.
Have you been seeing a shrink?
At the Martian poles are polar ice caps which shrink in size during the Martian spring and summer.
Lake Chad is continuing to shrink.

Movie subtitles

My health insurance only covered 10 sessions with a shrink and 10 sessions with a speech therapist, but now. now it's maxed out, and it's all on me.
The shrink's lawyer's here.
All are trimmed with paper strips to make them shrink.
At last I can put the Caligari theory to the test -- I now shall soon know if this patient can be compelled to perform deeds he would shrink from in his normal waking state.
But when your own wife and children shrink from you.
Wait'll you wear them for a little while. They'll shrink to your tonnage.
Will our whiskers shrink?
Tell me, do you never shrink from marrying men you don't love?
Why did you shrink it?
It won't hurt you to shrink 30 or 40 pounds.
Is it kingly in a man to shrink from justice when it cries its loudest?
But not even his imagination could shrink the earth. to the point it has now reached.
If you need therapy, you'd better see a shrink.
The Jivaros are the headhunters, who shrink their trophies?
I was continuing to shrink. to become.
They shrink when they're marinated.
They shrink from the idea of fighting mere slaves. especially a man like Crassus.
It'll shrink now.
Yes. Might even shrink you back to size.
The inspector thought you have to see a shrink.
We can shrink an army.
They can't shrink me.
We can shrink anything.
Now it will shrink.
This will make your finger shrink.
This will just make his finger shrink a little.
We can shrink an army with all its equipment. Put it in a bottle cap.
Our miniaturizing can shrink anything.
Planet continuing to shrink in mass.
As the planet continues to shrink in size, its surface moves away from us.
I'll shrink down to one fourth, then to one eighth.
You, who shrink away from feminine beauty.

News and current affairs

At the top international level, soccer has become faster and more athletic, and the top teams can shrink space on the field more effectively.
In fact, the federal deficit as a share of GDP will shrink significantly over the next several years, even without further deficit-reduction measures, before rising to unsustainable levels by 2030.
The US current-account deficit and the Asian surplus will shrink. US households will have to start saving again.
Land reform remains so controversial he may shrink from addressing the issue.
Thus, in order to keep the current-account deficit stable, the trade deficit must shrink.
And the only way for the trade deficit to shrink substantially is for net imports to fall, which requires either a relatively sharp decline in the value of the dollar, thereby raising import prices, or a depression in the US.
Splendid, but the Meltzer Commission would shrink the World Bank, returning unused capital to shareholders - a major resource transfer to the rich.
If you deliberately aim to shrink your GDP, your debt-to-GDP ratio is bound to grow.
But if it becomes a matter of individual worker choice - do I send a check or do I keep the money? - union revenues and membership and power will shrink very rapidly.
Even assuming a steady inflow of immigrants, the combined workforces of the 28 European Union countries are projected to shrink by 12-16 million people over the next 15 years, according to the OECD and the European Commission.
In China, a hard economic landing looks increasingly likely as the investment bubble deflates and net exports shrink.
But, starting in 2010, the imbalances returned, and, according to the International Monetary Fund's recently released World Economic Outlook, they will not shrink between now and 2016.
There will have to be some flexibility if the EU is not to shrink, becoming a smaller eurozone.
Programs become entrenched, develop powerful constituencies, and are hard to shrink.
So, despite the rise in the household saving rate, unless federal government policies change to shrink America's future budget deficits, the US will continue to be dependent on capital inflows from the rest of the world.
The US current-account deficit and the Asian surplus will shrink.
Moreover, Irish GNP (the income accruing to its nationals, as distinct from foreign firms operating in Ireland) continues to shrink.
A more rapid increase of the renminbi-dollar exchange rate would shrink China's exports and increase its imports.
The alternative would be to embark on a sustained program of privatization to shrink the asset side of the state's huge balance sheet.
Indeed, the extravagance of these conferences seems to grow, rather than shrink, as their dismal results become more apparent.
Meanwhile, governments were running large deficits - a legacy of the economic downturn - which renewed growth was supposed to shrink.
Their reduced demand for dollars will cause the dollar to decline and the trade deficit to shrink. That reduced trade deficit and the resulting decline in capital inflows will lead to higher real interest rates in the US.
As European populations age and shrink, the continent urgently needs immigration.
So the need for broad-based, firm-specific worker training in manufacturing will shrink.
Fifth, there is a danger that the Conservative government, faced with irrational populist forces on both the left and the right, will shrink from its duty to stand up for good values and good sense.
This will happen at a time when the country's skewed demographics causes the workforce to shrink and the flow of migration from rural areas to cities to slow (the rural population now disproportionately comprises the elderly).
As its population begins to shrink, it may even be worthwhile to shut down unviable cities and consolidate.

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