shrink-fit pressure

shrink Noun

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

shrink Verb

— 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.

fit Verb

— When you fit something, you match a thing for size, shape or other qualities. They fitted his hat. — When a thing fits, it is a good match for something. These shoes fit me very well.

fit Adjective

— When you are fit, you are healthy and able to do a task. After he slept he looked very fit.

fit Noun

— When you have a fit, you have a sudden emotion. He hit the man in a fit of rage. — If you have a fit, your body moves very quickly without your control. The man had a fit of epilepsy. I suddenly had a coughing fit that I could not stop.

pressure Noun

— In science, pressure is force applied over an area. It hurt when the doctor put pressure on her cut foot. He accidentally put too much air in his flat tire. The air put so much pressure on the tire that it exploded. — If a person is under pressure, they feel stressed. She has been under a lot of pressure lately because of her final exams. If she fails them, she will not graduate.

pressure Verb

— When you pressure someone, you try to make them do something, especially something they do not want to do. Her friends tried to pressure her into smoking, even after Maya kept saying "no." His parents tried to pressure him into becoming a lawyer, but Jamal knew he wanted to be a doctor.