What is the meaning of shrink?

noun

• A physician who specializes in psychiatry.
  • synonyms: psychiatrist, head-shrinker

verb

• Wither, as with a loss of moisture.
  • usage: "The fruit dried and shriveled"
  • synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither
• Draw back, as with fear or pain.
  • usage: "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
  • synonyms: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail
• Reduce in size; reduce physically.
  • usage: "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image"
  • synonyms: reduce
• Become smaller or draw together.
  • usage: "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
  • synonyms: contract
• Decrease in size, range, or extent.
  • usage: "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
  • synonyms: shrivel