shrink in WordNet English dictionary

1. become smaller or draw together
   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
   shrink  contract 
   
2. draw back, as with fear or pain
   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   flinch  squinch  funk  cringe  shrink  wince  recoil  quail 
   
3. reduce in size; reduce physically
   "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
   shrink  reduce 
   
4. wither, as with a loss of moisture
   "The fruit dried and shriveled"
   shrivel  shrivel up  shrink  wither 
   
5. decrease in size, range, or extent
   "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
   shrink  shrivel 
   

1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry
   psychiatrist  head-shrinker  shrink