shrinking

shrink  (shrngk)

v. shrank (shrngk) or shrunk (shrngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrngkn), shrink·ing, shrinks

v.intr.

1. To become constricted from heat, moisture, or cold.

2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank.

3. To draw back instinctively, as from something alarming; recoil.

4. To show reluctance; hesitate: shrink from making such a sacrifice.

v.tr.

To cause to shrink.

n.

1.

a. The act of shrinking.

b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.

2. Slang A psychotherapist.

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[Middle English shrinken, to wither, shrivel up, from Old English scrincan; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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shrinka·ble adj.

shrinker n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrinking - process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" shrinkage compression, contraction, condensation - the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" decrease, lessening, drop-off - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
	2.	shrinking - the act of becoming less reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something miniaturisation, miniaturization - act of making on a greatly reduced scale

Translations

shrinking [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]

A. ADJ [clothes] → que encoge(n); [resources etc] → que escasea(n)

B. CPD shrinking violet N (fig) → tímido/a m/f, vergonzoso/a m/f

shrinking

adj

(= decreasing) → schrumpfend, abnehmend

(= shy) → scheu