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- 1. becoming smaller in size or amount: "the shrinking market has provoked a massive price war"
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adj [ before noun ] uk / ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ / us. Add to word list. becoming smaller or less: The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people. rapidly/steadily/slowly shrinking The rapidly shrinking middle class worries that our children won't have the same chances we had. a shrinking budget / economy / market.
SHRINK definition: 1. to become smaller, or to make something smaller: 2. to move away from someone or something…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHRINK is to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle, cower. How to use shrink in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shrink.
adj [ before noun ] uk / ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ / us. Add to word list. becoming smaller or less: The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people. rapidly/steadily/slowly shrinking The rapidly shrinking middle class worries that our children won't have the same chances we had. a shrinking budget / economy / market.
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.
Definitions of shrinking. noun. the act of becoming less. see more. noun. the process or result of becoming less or smaller. synonyms: shrinkage. see more. Pronunciation.
shrink. (ʃrɪŋk ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense shrinks , present participle shrinking , past tense shrank , past participle shrunk. 1. verb. If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed. All my jumpers have shrunk. [VERB] 2. verb.
verb. to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc. to become or cause to become smaller in size. introften foll byfrom. to recoil or withdraw. to shrink from the sight of blood. to feel great reluctance (at) to shrink from killing an animal. noun. the act or an instance of shrinking. slang. a psychiatrist. Discover More.
Definition of shrink verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Filter. verb. Present participle of shrink. Wiktionary. Synonyms: starting. blenching. cringing. shying. quailing. flinching. recoiling. wincing. constricting. compacting. compressing. contracting. constructing. cowering. curtailing. Antonyms: expanding. growing. increasing. stretching. developing. enlarging. meeting. facing.
