To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

shrank shrunk

wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.

To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.

To draw back; to withdraw.

Shrink is the third album by German indie rock/electronica group The Notwist. The album is notable for its movement away from the group's punk origins and including elements of electronica, ambient, and jazz.

a psychiatrist.

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Shrink (Primal Scream) is the sixth novel in the Special X series by Michael Slade.

The method to reclaim unused space in a virtual disk. If there is empty space in the disk, shrinking reduces the amount of space the virtual disk occupies on the host drive. Shrinking virtual disks is a convenient way to convert a virtual disk to the new .vmdk format supported by VMware GSX Server 2.

Loss of weight during shipping, etc.

Loss of weight—commonly used to described the loss in liveweight that occurs when animals are marketed or loss in weight from grease wool to clean wool.

The difference between beginning and ending inventory that can't be accounted for through sales and delivery records. Magazine issues that cannot be accounted for as sold or returned and destroyed are labeled “shrink.” The issue of how much if any of the costs associated with shrink should be absorbed by the publisher versus the retailer (who currently absorbs these costs) is a source of contention between the two parties. (See “Scan-Based Trading.”)

The action of the material fluctuating when it is heated up and cooled down into the mold.

Mold cavities are built scaled larger than the resultant parts to account for the tendancy of material to shrink when it is cooled and its molecules become less active. Shrink factors for materials are known and published by the maker of the various resins. Shrink contributes to many molding defects and issues but can be avoided if the parts are built properly. Due to shrink factor compensation, molds are designed for particular resins and might not perform as well for materials with greatly differing shrink factors.

The change in size of the part during solidification, typically anticipated based on published material property data and built into the mold design prior to machining.

What happens to gas when it travels through a pipeline. (i.e. A certain quantity of gas goes into the line, and a lesser quantity comes out the other end.) Also called, variously: fuel, company use, lost, unaccounted for. In reality, transporting pipelines take a percentage of every customer's gas to use in powering the compressors that push the gas through the pipeline.

To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.

Defined as the ability to become smaller.

A reduction in die (chip) size. A reduction in the size of the circuit design resulting in smaller die sizes that increases the number of possible die per wafer.

To become smaller. To lessen in amount. To contract.

The contact manipulation of litho film due to the intentional over exposure of a film positive made from a film negative. The width is determined by the amount of trap necessary to visually trap two areas together.

reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

The difference in volume between liquid metal and solid metal or the void (shrink hole) left in a casting because of it.

Shrink is a mix between a DSL and programming/component development environment.