verb
To become smaller
contract, shrivel, shorten, narrow; see contract 1.
To recoil
withdraw, blench, flinch, shy away; see recoil. See syn. study at contract.
See shrink in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To reduce in size, as by drawing together:
To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust:
An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion:
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