Russian-English translations for сжима́ться

• clamp
• compress
  The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
  Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
  This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
• contract
  Marriage is a contract
  The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him
  The snails body contracted into its shell.
• cower
  Hed be useless in war. Hed just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
• shrink
  The dryer shrank my sweater.
  This garment will shrink when wet.
  Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.