Shrink (?), v. i.
[imp. Shrank (?) or Shrunk (?)
p. p. Shrunk or Shrunken (&?;), but
the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective;
p. pr. & vb. n. Shrinking.] [OE.
shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD.
schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle,
skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v.,
scrimp. CF. Shrimp.] 1. To wrinkle,
bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or
compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
And on a broken reed he still did stay
His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he
lay.
Spenser.
I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will
shrink or draw into less room.
Bacon.
Against this fire do I shrink up.
Shak.
And shrink like parchment in consuming
fire.
Dryden.
All the boards did shrink.
Coleridge.
2. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to
decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or
distress.
What happier natures shrink at with
affright,
The hard inhabitant contends is right.
Pope.
They assisted us against the Thebans when you
shrank from the task.
Jowett (Thucyd.)
3. To express fear, horror, or pain by
contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. [R.]
Shak.
Shrink, v. t. 1. To
cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing
it in boiling water.
2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.
Milton.
To shrink on (Mach.), to fix (one
piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in
cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made
slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till
it can be slipped into place.
Shrink, n. The act shrinking;
shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,
That I had less to praise.
Leigh Hunt.
Shrink (?), v. i.
[imp. Shrank (?) or Shrunk (?)
p. p. Shrunk or Shrunken (&?;), but
the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective;
p. pr. & vb. n. Shrinking.] [OE.
shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD.
schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle,
skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v.,
scrimp. CF. Shrimp.] 1. To wrinkle,
bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or
compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
And on a broken reed he still did stay
His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he
lay.
Spenser.
I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will
shrink or draw into less room.
Bacon.
Against this fire do I shrink up.
Shak.
And shrink like parchment in consuming
fire.
Dryden.
All the boards did shrink.
Coleridge.
2. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to
decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or
distress.
What happier natures shrink at with
affright,
The hard inhabitant contends is right.
Pope.
They assisted us against the Thebans when you
shrank from the task.
Jowett (Thucyd.)
3. To express fear, horror, or pain by
contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. [R.]
Shak.
Shrink, v. t. 1. To
cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing
it in boiling water.
2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.
Milton.
To shrink on (Mach.), to fix (one
piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in
cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made
slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till
it can be slipped into place.
Shrink, n. The act shrinking;
shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,
That I had less to praise.
Leigh Hunt.
