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shrink
English
Etymology
From Middle English shrinken, from Old English s?rincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwan?. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
shrink (third-person singular simple present shrinks, present participle shrinking, simple past shrank or shrunk, past participle shrunk or shrunken)
- (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
- (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
- And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- Since 1982, it has shrunk by 250 meters.
- (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
- (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides
- They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides
- (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
Synonyms
- (avoid an unwanted task): funk, shirk
- (withdraw or retire, as from danger): shrink back, retreat
Antonyms
- (to cause to become smaller): expand, grow, enlarge, stretch
- (become smaller): expand, grow, enlarge, stretch
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
shrink (plural shrinks)
- Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
- Synonym: head-shrinker
- (uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
- 2011, Charles Sennewald & John Christman, Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference, p. 227:
- Assuming the retailer's shrink is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink, perhaps nothing more need be done except to maintain vigilance and to monitor the shrink for signs of emerging problems.
- 2011, Charles Sennewald & John Christman, Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference, p. 227:
Usage notes
- (therapist): The slang sense was originally pejorative, expressing a distrust of practitioners in the field. It is now not as belittling or trivializing.
Translations
References
- shrink at OneLook Dictionary Search
- shrink in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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demur
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman demorer, from Old French demorer (French demeurer), from Vulgar Latin demoro, Latindemorari (“to tarry”), from de- + morari (“to delay”).
See alternative etymology in the Anglo-Norman ancestor.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA(key): /d??m??/
- (General American) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA(key): /d??m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Distinguish from pronunciation of demure
Verb
demur (third-person singular simple present demurs, present participle demurring, simple past and past participle demurred)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
- (intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
- Vpon this rubbe the English Embassadors thought fit to demurre
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
- (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
- (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
- (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
- 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems
- He demands a fee, / And then demurs me with a vain delay.
- 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems
Related terms
- demurrage
- demurral
- demurrer
Translations
Noun
demur (plural demurs)
- Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
- Most geologists today would accept such evidence without demur, but it was still ‘fringe’ science when du Toit was publishing.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
Translations
References
Anagrams
- MUDer, mured
Latin
Verb
d?mur
- first-person plural present passive subjunctive of d?
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