Shrink Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. |
| 2. | to contract or lessen in size, as from ex
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| 3. | to become reduced in extent or compass. |
–verb (used with object) | 4. | to cause to shrink or contract; reduce. |
| 5. | Textiles. to cause (a fabric) to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it. |
–noun | 6. | an act or instance of shrinking. |
| 9. | Also, shrinker. Also called head shrinker. Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst. |
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Wrap Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to enclose in something wound or folded about (often fol. by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf. |
| 2. | to enclose and make fast (an article, bundle, etc.) within a covering of paper or the like (often fol. by up): He wrapped the package up in brown paper. |
| 3. | to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering. |
| 4. | to protect with coverings, outer garments, etc. (usually fol. by up). |
| 5. | to cover (fingernails) with a sheer silk or linen fabric, as to repair or strengthen them. |
| 6. | to surround, envelop, shroud, or hide. |
| 8. | Movies, Television. to finish the filming of (a motion picture). |
–verb (used without object) | 9. | to wrap oneself (usually fol. by up). |
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| 10. | to become wrapped, as about something; fold. |
| 11. | Movies, Television. to complete the filming of a motion picture: We hope to wrap in time for Christmas. |
–noun | 12. | something to be wrapped about the person, esp. in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap. |
| 13. | a beauty treatment in which a part or all of the body is covered with cream, lotion, herbs, or the like and then wrapped snugly with cloth. |
| 14. | a sheer silk or linen fabric glued to the fingernails to repair or strengthen them. |
| 15. | a piece of thin, flat bread wrapped around a filling and eaten as a sandwich. |
| 16. | Movies, Television. | a. | the completion of photography on a film or an individual scene. |
| b. | the termination of a working day during th
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–adjective | 17. | wraparound in style: a wrap skirt. |
—Verb phrase| 18. | wrap up, to conclude; finish work on: to wrap up a project. |
—Idioms| 19. | under wraps, Informal. secret: The army wants this research project kept under wraps. |
| 20. | wrapped up in, | a. | intensely absorbed in: wrapped up in one's work. |
| b. | involved in; bound up with: Peace is wrapped up in willingness to compromise. |
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