shrink - Meaning in Gujarati

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shrink - Meaning in Gujarati

shrink Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of shrink in English

shrink noun

1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

   Synonyms

   head-shrinker, psychiatrist, psychiatrist

   મનોરોગ ચિકિત્સક, મનોરોગ-ચિકિત્સક, મનોરોગશાસ્ત્રી, સાઇકિઆટ્રિસ્ટ

shrink verb

1. decrease in size, range, or extent

   Synonyms

   shrivel

   Examples

   • "His earnings shrank"
   • "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
2. become smaller or draw together

   Synonyms

   contract

   Examples

   • "The balloon shrank"
   • "The fabric shrank"
3. reduce in size; reduce physically

   Synonyms

   reduce

   Examples

   • "Can you shrink this image?"
   • "Hot water will shrink the sweater"
4. wither, as with a loss of moisture

   Synonyms

   shrivel up, shrivel, wither, wither

   Example

   • "The fruit dried and shriveled"
5. draw back, as with fear or pain

   Synonyms

   cringe, flinch, funk, funk, quail, quail, recoil, squinch, wince

   Example

   • "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

Synonyms of shrink

• head-shrinker, psychiatrist
• shrivel
• contract
• reduce
• shrivel, shrivel up, wither
• cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince

Antonyms of shrink

stretch

More matches for shrink

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