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Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..

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

Shrinker :: Shrinker (n.) One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.

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

Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

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

Contractile :: Contractile (a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues..

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..

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

Shrinkingly :: Shrinkingly (adv.) In a shrinking manner.

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

Shram :: Shram (v. t.) To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.

Coy :: Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry..

Bold :: Bold (n.) Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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

Shrunken :: Shrunken () p. p. & a. from Shrink.

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

Withering :: Withering (a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..

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