To cause to become smaller.
The dryer shrank my sweater.
To become smaller; to contract.
This garment will shrink when wet.
To cower or flinch.
Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
To draw back; to withdraw.
To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.