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Shrinkable

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Adjective

1. shrinkable

capable of being shrunk

Example Sentences:
'a shrinkable fabric'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shrinkable

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verbWord forms: shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk, shrunk or shrunken
1. 
to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
2. 
to become or cause to become smaller in size
3. (intransitive; often foll by from)
a. 
to recoil or withdraw
to shrink from the sight of blood
b. 
to feel great reluctance (at)
to shrink from killing an animal
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of shrinking
5. slang
a psychiatrist

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Shrinkable

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verb intransitiveWord forms: shrank or shrunk, shrunk or ˈshrunken, ˈshrinking
1. 
to become or seem to become smaller, more compact, etc.; contract, as from heat, cold, moisture, etc.
2. 
to lessen, as in amount, worth, etc.
3. 
to draw back; turn away; cower, as from fear
4. 
to hold back, as from taking action; hesitate or recoil
to shrink from doing one's duty
verb transitive
5. 
to cause to shrink or contract; specif., to cause (fabric) to shrink by a special process in manufacturing so as to minimize later shrinkage
noun
6. 
a shrinking; shrinkage
7.  US, Slang
a psychiatrist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shrinkable

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v. shrank (shrăngk) or shrunk (shrŭngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrŭngkən), shrink·ing, shrinks
v.intr.
1.
a. To become or appear to become smaller: The shadows shrank as the sun rose higher. The mountains shrank in the distance as we drove away.
b. To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold: The sweater shrank in the wash.
2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
3. To move back or away, especially in fear: "She shrank back against the wall and flattened her palms against it" (Pearl S. Buck).
4. To show reluctance; hesitate: We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice.
v.tr.
To cause to shrink: The treatment shrank the tumor.
n.
1.
a. The act of shrinking.
b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.
2. Slang A psychotherapist.

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