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(noun) psychiatrist, head-shrinker
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
(verb) shrivel
decrease in size, range, or extent
His earnings shrank; My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
(verb) contract
become smaller or draw together
The fabric shrank; The balloon shrank
(verb) reduce
reduce in size; reduce physically
Hot water will shrink the sweater; Can you shrink this image?
(verb) wither, shrivel, shrivel up
wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled
(verb) cringe, wince, squinch, flinch, funk, quail, recoil
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf