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shrank because you washed it in hot water. 2 Often, shrink
from. withdraw (from), draw back, recoil (from), back away
(from), retreat (from), cower, cringe, flinch, shy away (from),
wince, balk (at): Once committed to a responsibility, nothing
could persuade Ella to shrink from it.
shrivel v. Often, shrivel up. shrink, wrinkle, pucker (up), curl (up),
wizen, contract; wither, wilt, dry up, desiccate, dehydrate:
The soil had dried up and all the plants had shrivelled.
shroud v. 1 screen, veil, mask, disguise, camouflage, cover, shield,
blanket, shade, hide, conceal, protect, cloak, swathe, wrap,
envelop: The tanks were shrouded from view in the forest. His
activities are shrouded in mystery.
--n. 2 winding-sheet, cerement, cerecloth, grave-clothes: They
wrapped his body in a shroud and buried him in the churchyard.
3 veil, cover, shield, cloak, blanket, mask, mantle, pall,
screen, covering, cloud: A shroud of secrecy descended over the
Morocco affair.
shrubbery n. shrubs, planting(s), hedge(s), hedging, hedgerow, thicket,
underbrush, brake, bracken, undergrowth, coppice or copse: The
fox lay low in the shrubbery till the dogs flushed him out.
shudder v. 1 quiver, shake, tremble, shiver, jerk, convulse, quaver,
quake; vibrate, rattle: I shudder to think what he might do
next. Olive slammed on the brakes and the ancient car shuddered
to a stop.
--n. 2 quiver, shake, tremble, twitch, shiver, convulsion,
paroxysm, spasm, quaver, quake; vibration, rattle: He gave a
shudder at the prospect of having to clean out the stable.
shuffle v. 1 mix (up), intermix, disarrange, rearrange, interfile,
intersperse, jumble, confuse; shift (about), mess up, turn
topsy-turvy, scatter, disorganize: I shall cut the cards after
you have shuffled them. Osbert shuffled the papers on his desk.
2 scuff or drag (one's feet), scrape along, shamble: The boy
shuffled into the headmaster's office, guilt written all over
his face. 3 equivocate, hem and haw, bumble, shift, cavil,
fence, be evasive or shifty, dodge, niggle, split hairs,
quibble, prevaricate, Brit hum and haw, Colloq waffle: The