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Shrinking

verb
/ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.verbTo cause to become smaller.
"The dryer shrank my sweater."
2.verbTo become smaller; to contract.
"This garment will shrink when wet."
3.verbTo cower or flinch.
"Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip."
4.verbTo draw back; to withdraw.
5.verbTo withdraw or retire, as from danger.
6.verbTo move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
7.nounThe act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

Synonyms

funkshirkretreatshrink backshrinkagedwindlingdiminishingwaningsubsidingdecliningdecreasediminution

Antonyms

enlargeexpandgrowstretch

Rhymes With

wishful thinkingthinkingstinkingunthinkinglinkingdrinkingwinkingrethinking
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