To shrink is to become smaller. When you shrink something, you make it smaller by removing part of it.
The water was shrinking the clothes, which was why they were getting so small.
The shrink ray was shrinking the people, which was why they were becoming smaller.
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become smaller or draw together
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decrease in size, range, or extent
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draw back, as with fear or pain
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noun
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
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wither, as with a loss of moisture
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reduce in size; reduce physically
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This further reduced caste divisions by shrinking the size of the community.
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Involution of an organ is the shrinking or return to a former size.
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Should we shrink the size of the locator map
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How do we shrink the size of the picture
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The Buddha allowed the lion to shrink down to the size of the marmoset.
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The extraterrestrial cheese gave Chester the power to shrink in size at will.
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Then it was simply a matter of shrinking the size of the target in small steps.
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Would someone please shrink the size of the top half of the table
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It shrinks and becomes desiccated.
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The number of priests are shrinking.