[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shrink \shrink\, v. t.
   1. to cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by
      imersing it in boiling water.
      1913 webster

   2. to draw back; to withdraw. obs.
      1913 webster

            the libyc hammon shrinks his horn.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   to shrink on mach., to fix one piece or part firmly
      around another by natural contraction in cooling, as a
      tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made
      slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded
      by heat till it can be slipped into place.
      1913 webster
see also:
to shrink on 

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