All shrink synonyms
shrink
S s verb shrink
- densifying — to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- minify — to make less.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- decoct — to extract (the essence or active principle) from (a medicinal or similar substance) by boiling
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- wizen — wizened.
- go away — leave!
- downing — a downward movement; descent.
- contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- wizening — Present participle of wizen.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- wear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
noun shrink
- analyst — An analyst is a person whose job is to analyse a subject and give opinions about it.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- couch doctor — (Colloquial) (US) A psychiatrist.
- clinician — A clinician is a doctor who specializes in clinical work.