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To become constricted from heat, moisture, or cold.
(verb-intransitive)
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To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank.
(verb-intransitive)
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To draw back instinctively, as from something alarming; recoil.
(verb-intransitive)
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To show reluctance; hesitate: shrink from making such a sacrifice.
(verb-intransitive)
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To cause to shrink.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.