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Urdu Meanings, Pronounciation and Synonyms:

shrink

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:
Slow
Normal
Verb Forms: (shrink, shrank, shrunk, shrunken)

Noun: shrink
1. shrink [ Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist]
A physician who specializes in psychiatry
طبیب نفسی۔
طبیب نفسیات۔
Verb: shrink
1. shrink [ Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither]
Wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled";
سکڑنا۔
خشک ہونا۔
مرجھانا۔
مرجھا جانا۔
2. shrink [ Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince]
Draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";
ڈر سے دبکنا۔
ڈر سے دبک جانا۔
ڈر وغیرہ سے پیچھے ہٹنا۔
3. shrink [ Synonyms: reduce]
Reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?";
سکڑ جانا۔
تخفیف کرنا۔
چہوٹا کر دینا۔
4. shrink [ Synonyms: contract]
Become smaller or draw together
"The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank";
سکڑنا۔
5. shrink [ Synonyms: shrivel]
Decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me";
سمٹنا۔
سکڑنا۔

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