nnoun.persona physician who specializes in psychiatrySynset:head-shrinker psychiatrist
Derivationally Related Form:psychiatry
Hypernyms:medical specialist specialist
Inherited Hypernyms:psychiatristspecialistdoctormedical practitionerhealth professionalprofessionaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:psychiatristspecialistdoctormedical practitionerhealth professionalprofessionaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:alienistanalystpsychoanalyst
Instance Hyponyms:Horney Karen Danielsen Horney Karen Horney Jaspers Karl Jaspers Karl Theodor Jaspers Menninger William Claire Menninger William Menninger Karl Augustus Menninger Karl Menninger Menninger Charles Frederick Menninger Charles Menninger Menninger Harry Stack Sullivan Sullivan
Full Hyponyms:alienistanalyst
vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moistureSynset:shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:- The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.motiondraw back, as with fear or painSynset:cringe flinch funk quail recoil squinch wince
Examples:- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Derivationally Related Form:winceflinch
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flinchmove
Direct Hyponyms:retractshrink back
Full Troponyms:shrink back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changereduce in size; reduce physicallySynset:reduce
Examples:- Hot water will shrink the sweater
- Can you shrink this image?
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkingreductionshrinkage
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:contractdepopulatedesolatedownsizeminiaturiseminiaturizereducereefscale down
Causes:contract shrink
Full Troponyms:contractdepopulatedownsizeminiaturizepursereducereef
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome smaller or draw togetherSynset:contract
Examples:- The fabric shrank
- The balloon shrank
Antonyms:expandstretch
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkagecontraction
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:flex
Full Troponyms:flex
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These fabrics --- easily (apply to: shrink)
vverb.changedecrease in size, range, or extentSynset:shrivel
Examples:- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Derivationally Related Form:shrinking
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: shrivel, shrink)