Usually means: Reduce in size or amount.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word shrink:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. shrink: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. shrink: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shrink: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shrink: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shrink: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shrink, shrink: Wordnik
  7. shrink: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. shrink: Wiktionary
  9. shrink: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. shrink: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. shrink: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. shrink: Dictionary.com
  13. shrink: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. shrink: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Shrink (TV series), Shrink (album), Shrink (film), Shrink: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Shrink: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. shrink: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. shrink: Rhymezone
  19. shrink: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. shrink: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. shrink: Free Dictionary
  22. shrink: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Shrink: The Word Detective
  24. shrink: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Shrink: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shrink: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shrink: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shrink: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. shrink: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shrink, shrink: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
verb:  (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
verb:  (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
verb:  (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
verb:  (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
noun:  Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
noun:  (slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
noun:  (uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

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