shrink
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Types & categories
- medical specialist hypernym
- alienist hyponym
- psychoanalyst hyponym
- Horney instance hyponym
- Jaspers instance hyponym
- Charles Menninger instance hyponym
- Karl Menninger instance hyponym
- Menninger instance hyponym
- Harry Stack Sullivan instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry derivation
Sense 2 verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled
Types & categories
Sense 3 verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- shrink back hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
reduce in size; reduce physically
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
- scale down hyponym
- reef hyponym
- miniaturize hyponym
- depopulate hyponym
- downsize hyponym
- contract hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
become smaller or draw together
The fabric shrank
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- stretch antonym
- expand antonym
- contraction derivation
- shrinking derivation
Sense 6 verb
decrease in size, range, or extent
His earnings shrank
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
- shrinking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical specialist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alienist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychoanalyst |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Horney |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jaspers |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Charles Menninger |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Karl Menninger |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Menninger |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Harry Stack Sullivan |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | atrophy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | die down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flinch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wince |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink back |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrinking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reef |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | miniaturize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | depopulate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | downsize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | stretch |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | expand |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrinking |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flex |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrinking |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |