| shrank | (v.) | shrink |
| shrink | | |
| n. (person) | 1. head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink | a physician who specializes in psychiatry. |
| ~ alienist | a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness. |
| ~ psychoanalyst, analyst | a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis. |
| ~ medical specialist, specialist | practices one branch of medicine. |
| ~ horney, karen danielsen horney, karen horney | United States psychiatrist (1885-1952). |
| ~ jaspers, karl jaspers, karl theodor jaspers | German psychiatrist (1883-1969). |
| ~ charles frederick menninger, charles menninger, menninger | United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953). |
| ~ karl augustus menninger, karl menninger, menninger | United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990). |
| ~ menninger, william claire menninger, william menninger | United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966). |
| ~ harry stack sullivan, sullivan | United States psychiatrist (1892-1949). |
| v. (change) | 2. shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ atrophy | undergo atrophy.; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ blast | shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly. |
| ~ die back, die down | suffer from a disease that kills shoots.; "The plants near the garage are dying back" |
| ~ dry up, mummify | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.; "a mummified body was found" |
| v. (motion) | 3. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| v. (change) | 4. reduce, shrink | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| ~ scale down, reduce | make smaller.; "reduce an image" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ reef | reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef. |
| ~ miniaturise, miniaturize | design or construct on a smaller scale. |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ depopulate, desolate | reduce in population.; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" |
| ~ downsize | make in a smaller size.; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive" |
| ~ contract | make smaller.; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
| v. (change) | 5. contract, shrink | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ flex | contract.; "flex a muscle" |
| v. (change) | 6. shrink, shrivel | decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| breadfruit | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree | native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. |
| ~ breadfruit | a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts. |
| ~ artocarpus, genus artocarpus | evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit. |
| ~ fruit tree | tree bearing edible fruit. |
| n. (food) | 2. breadfruit | a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts. |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree | native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. |
| louse up | | |
| v. (social) | 1. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil | make a mess of, destroy or ruin.; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
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