/ʃriŋk/ verb 1. to make smaller O The water must have been too hot – it’s shrunk my shirt. 2. to get smaller O My shirt has shrunk in the wash. O The market for typewriters has shrunk almost to nothing. 3. to move back or away from someone or something O She shrank away as he touched her. ■ noun a doctor who treats people who have a mental illness (informal.) O She’s spent thousands on a shrink and she’s no better at all. Synonym psychiatrist
