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Synonyms for SHRINK: compress, decrease, condense, constrict, collapse, contract, flatten, diminish; Antonyms of SHRINK: expand, swell, increase, grow, accumulate ...
From Longman Business Dictionary shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ verb (past tense shrank /ʃræŋk/, past participle shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/) 1 [ intransitive] to become smaller in amount, size, or value The economy is expected to shrink slightly. In the past decade, the number of employees has shrunk 30%. Companies are battling for a share of the shrinking market ...
shrink something The internet in a sense has shrunk the world. see also shrunken. Extra Examples. Households have been shrinking in size but increasing in number. Their profits shrank by 4% last year. Their share of the market has shrunk from 14% to 5%. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverb.
4 days ago · to shrink from contact. 2. to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture. This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water. 3. to become reduced in extent or compass. transitive verb. 4. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
2 [intransitive, transitive] to become or to make something smaller in size or amount The tumor had shrunk to the size of a pea. The market for their products is shrinking. shrink something There was a movie called “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” Television in a sense has shrunk the world. see shrunken
Shrink definition, to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. See more.
a [no object] : to become smaller in amount, size, or value. The sweater shrank when it was washed. Meat shrinks as it cooks. The town's population shrank during the war. b [+ object] : to make (something) smaller in amount, size, or value. Hot water shrank the sweater. The treatment should shrink the tumor. 2.
