Crossword-Solution: SHRINK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shrink | v. i. | To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted. |
| Shrink | v. i. | To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. |
| Shrink | v. i. | To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. |
| Shrink | v. t. | To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. |
| Shrink | v. t. | To draw back; to withdraw. |
| Shrink | n. | The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEMEAC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with SHRINK (5)
Such a deliciously creepy song it was, in which they pretended to be frightened at their own shadows, little witting that so soon shadows would close in upon them, from whom they would shrink in real fear.
Not that I less endure, or shrink from pain, Insulting Angel, well thou knowst I stood Thy fiercest, when in Battel to thy aide The blasting volied Thunder made all speed And seconded thy else not dreaded Spear.
You wouldn’t let a dog suffer what I have suffered, could you but know it! Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you never will know.
With calm and intent scrutiny, he felt her pulse, looked into her eyes—a gaze that made her heart shrink and shudder, because so familiar, and yet so strange and cold—and, finally, satisfied with his investigation, proceeded to mingle another draught.
She has had no instruction in voice at all, and I shrink from handing her over to anybody; her own instinct about it has been so good.
Quotes with SHRINK (3)
Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?""I do indeed, sir.""Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if…
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a hurt child can shrink so that forever afterward it is hard and pitted as the seed of a peach. Or again, the heart of such a child may fester and swell until it is a misery to carry within the body, easily chafed and hurt by the most ordinary things.
Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 36 times in crossword archives (1963–2024).