shrink

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

The sense is a.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to become smaller.
 * 2)  To become smaller; to contract.
 * 3)  To cower or flinch.
 * 4)  To draw back; to withdraw.
 * 5)  To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
 * 6)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To cower or flinch.
 * 2)  To draw back; to withdraw.
 * 3)  To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
 * 4)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To draw back; to withdraw.
 * 2)  To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
 * 3)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
 * 2)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
 * 1)  To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.

Translations

 * Arabic:, أَحْجَمَ
 * Azerbaijani: kiçilmək
 * Bulgarian: свивам се, съкращавам се
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: scvrknout, smrštit,
 * Danish: krympe, krympe sig
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: etiĝi, ŝrumpi, malkreskiĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: התכווץ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: crap
 * Italian: restringersi,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 수축(收縮)하다,, , , , 움치러지다
 * Maori: iti haere
 * Middle English: schrynken
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , , intra la apă
 * Russian:, , , , , , (about wet clothes),  (about wet clothes)
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: keçeräyü
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kiçelmek
 * Ukrainian: скоро́чуватися, скороти́тися, стиска́тися, сти́скуватися, сти́снутися, зме́ншуватися, зме́ншитися
 * Welsh:, mynd yn llai


 * Afrikaans: krimp
 * Arabic: قَلَّصَ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, faire rétrécir, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: כיווץ, הקטין
 * Irish: crap
 * Italian: rimpiccolirsi
 * Japanese:, 縮小する, 短縮する
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin:, diminuo
 * Maori: pīngongo
 * Middle English: schrynken
 * Norman: rap'tichi
 * Norwegian: krympe
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , , jibarizar
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:, ,
 * Maori: eti, kumu, maopo
 * Middle English: schrynken
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق


 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀκνέω
 * Japanese: 尻込みする
 * Korean:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: отдръпвам се
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποστέλλομαι
 * Maori: eti, maopo
 * Middle English: schrynken
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Indonesian:,  ,  ,

Noun

 * 1) Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
 * 2)  A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
 * 3)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.
 * 1)  Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration  date.

Usage notes

 * The slang sense was originally pejorative, expressing a distrust of practitioners in the field. It is now not as belittling or trivializing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: психотерапевт
 * Czech: psychouš
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: fejzsugorító, lélekdoki, agykurkász, agyturkász
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 정신과 의사(精神科醫師)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, psykare
 * Turkish: deli doktoru