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Shrimp

To contract to shrink

Shram

To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold to benumb

Constringe

To dawn together to contract to force to contract itself to constrict to cause to shrink

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Revolt

To turn away to abandon or reject something specifically to turn away or shrink with abhorrence

Mercerize

To treat cotton fiber or fabrics with a solution of caustic alkali Such treatment causes the fiber to shrink in length and become stronger and more receptive of dyes If the yarn or cloth is kept under

Flinch

pain or danger to fail in doing or perserving to show signs of yielding or of suffering to shrink to wince as one of the parties flinched from the combat

Dwindle

To diminish to become less to shrink to waste or consume away to become degenerate to fall away

Dastard

One who meanly shrinks from danger an arrant coward a poltroon

Crimple

To cause to shrink or draw together to contract to curl

Contractility

The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract

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