shrinking

shrink

S0375600 (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.

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

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shrink′a·ble adj.shrink′er n.

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Noun	1.	shrinking - process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"shrinkagecompression, 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 lessreduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing somethingminiaturisation, miniaturization - act of making on a greatly reduced scale

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