verb

• (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
  "The dryer shrank my sweater."
• (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
  "This garment will shrink when wet."
• (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
  "Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip."
• (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
  "The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn,"

noun

• (slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
  "You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool."
• (uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
  "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."