1 to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?
az: yığılmaq, sıxlaşmaq
ru: давать усадку
2 to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.
az: geri çəkilmək
ru: отпрянуть
3 to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.
az: yayınmaq
ru: уклоняться
shrink2 [ʃriŋk] noun
(slang) a psychiatrist.
az: psixiatr
ru: психиатр