shrink

Definition

  • verb: to become smaller in amount, size, or value
  • verb: to contract or curl up the body or part of it
  • synonyms: huddle, shudder, quake

Examples

  • He doesn't 'shrink from' telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.

  • He's no 'shrinking violet' when it comes to competition.

  • The treatment should 'shrink' the tumor.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Five minutes in the microwave. Any one of them. They're done. Ready to eat. Do you know how to make juice? Microwave. Five minutes. Here. My shrink. Call him. "Loss of Spouse Support Group. Chicago Cancer Family Network. Parents Without Partners. Partners Without Parents. Hug Yourself. Hug a Friend. Hug a Shrink. " Or work. Work hard. Work will save you. Work is the only thing that will see you through this. Don't mind him. He's just a guy who's lost his wife. (..)
    1993 Sleepless in Seattle
  • (..) grown women she can take care of herself. Your not her husband any longer. But she is my friend I think you better talk to somebody about this. - A shrink maybe? Why would I go to a shrink when I got you guys? Well there's a good point Could somebody drop the flag stick? Hey Kim, what's up? (..)
    2014 Taken 3
  • (..) Leave me alone, snake! Oh, but you are alone. Who knows what you've spoken to the darkness... ...in the bitter watches of the night... ...when all your life seems to shrink. The walls of your bower closing in about you. A hutch to trammel some wild thing in. So fair. So cold. (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers