Definitions
1.verbTo cause to become smaller."The dryer shrank my sweater."
2.verbTo become smaller; to contract."This garment will shrink when wet."
3.verbTo cower or flinch."Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip."
4.verbTo draw back; to withdraw.
5.verbTo withdraw or retire, as from danger.
6.verbTo move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
7.nounThe act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.