transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃrɪŋk ]
( shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk)
1.
If cloth or clothing shrinks , it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
All my jumpers have shrunk.
VERB : V
2.
If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller.
The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
≠ grow
VERB : V , V n
3.
If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
VERB : V prep / adv
4.
If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
VERB : usu with neg , V from n
5.
A shrink is a psychiatrist. ( INFORMAL )
I’ve seen a shrink already.
N-COUNT
6.
no shrinking violet: see violet