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Crimple :: Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.

Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Appall :: Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart..

Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..

Unflinching :: Unflinching (a.) Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.

Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Shrinking :: Shrinking () a. & n. from Shrink.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..

Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back..

Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Shrank :: Shrank () imp. of Shrink.

Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..

Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..

Bashful :: Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression..

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