shrink

shrink [-ing] verbal adj

OE scrincan, shrivelled, wrinkled.

1. Recoiling; retiring; withdrawing from difficulty or something distasteful.

shrink [shrank, -ing, shrunken] v

see shrink, verbal adj.

1. Withdraw; draw back; avoid direct contact; recoil through lack of courage.
2. Reduce in size; decrease in volume; diminish in extent.