intransitive and passive. To shrink or shrivel; now chiefly in past participle, chilled, benumbed.

To become reduced in size, volume, or extent; esp. to contract through heat, cold, or moisture. Also with up, away.

intransitive. To come together, so as to occupy a smaller area; to shrink, contract.

To contract, to grow narrower (also to gather in).

To draw together, contract; to collect, concentrate. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To collapse inwards; to cave in (literal and figurative). Now rare.

intransitive. To shrink or contract. Now somewhat rare.

intransitive (for reflexive). To become smaller in extent or volume; to narrow, shorten, shrink.

intransitive. Of fabric, a garment, etc.: to shorten, shrink, or contract, typically after becoming wet. Now rare (English regional (northern) in…

intransitive. Nautical. Of a rope: to shrink through immersion in water. Obsolete.