Verb
1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
"The fruit dried and shriveled"2. draw back, as with fear or pain;
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"3. reduce in size; reduce physically;
"Hot water will shrink the sweater""Can you shrink this image?"4. become smaller or draw together;
"The fabric shrank""The balloon shrank"5. decrease in size, range, or extent;
"His earnings shrank""My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"