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shrink

 (shrĭngk)
v. shrank (shrăngk) or shrunk (shrŭngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrŭng′kən), shrink·ing, shrinks
v.intr.
1.
a. To become or appear to become smaller: The shadows shrank as the sun rose higher. The mountains shrank in the distance as we drove away.
b. To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold: The sweater shrank in the wash.
2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
3. To move back or away, especially in fear: "She shrank back against the wall and flattened her palms against it" (Pearl S. Buck).
4. To show reluctance; hesitate: We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice.
v.tr.
To cause to shrink: The treatment shrank the tumor.
n.
1.
a. The act of shrinking.
b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.
2. Slang A psychotherapist.
[Middle English shrinken, to wither, shrivel up, from Old English scrincan; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
shrink′a·ble adj.
shrink′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shrinking - process or result of becoming less or smallershrinking - 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
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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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shrinking

adj
(= decreasing) → schrumpfend, abnehmend
(= shy) → scheu
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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