- (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
- (v.t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
- (v.i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror or distress.
- (v.i.) To wrinkle, bend or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
- (v.i.) To express fear, horror or pain by contracting the body or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
- (v.t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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