shrink betydelse and definition

Betydelse av shrink på svenska

• 0 to become smaller, or to make something smaller:

  • Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.

  • The company's profits have shrunk from $5.5 million to $1.25 million.

  • The productivity improvements have shrunk our costs by 25 percent.

• 1 to move away from someone or something because you are frightened:

  • The child shrank behind the sofa as his father shouted at him.

  • When she was younger she would shrink (away) from me whenever I spoke to her.

• 2 a psychiatrist :

  • I was so depressed that I ended up going to see a shrink.

• 3 to become smaller or cause something to become smaller:

  • [ I ] The show’s audience has shrunk in the last few months.

  • [ T ] I shrank my sweater by putting it in the dryer!

• 4 to move away from something unpleasant or frightening:

  • My first reaction was to shrink in disgust at the sight of it.

  • Kate’s a good worker, but she seems to shrink from responsibility.

• 5 a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or psychoanalyst

• 6 to become smaller:

  • Investors fear that profit margins will shrink during the coming quarter.

  • shrink by sth The economy shrunk by .04% in real terms.

  • shrink to sth Our share of the US market has shrunk to 27%.

• 7 to make something smaller:

  • We hope the measures will save money and shrink the company's carbon footprint.