Shrink: alternatives and connections

One who treats diseases of the mind.

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One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

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A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

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A violent gust of wind.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman,…

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To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye,…

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The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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An offensive smell; a stench.

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To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.

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To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with…

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A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower;…

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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