shrinking

/หˆสƒษนษชล‹kษชล‹/
verb
  1. 1

    To cause to become smaller.

    โ€œThe dryer shrank my sweater.โ€

  2. 2

    To become smaller; to contract.

    โ€œThis garment will shrink when wet.โ€

  3. 3

    To cower or flinch.

    โ€œMolly shrank away from the blows of the whip.โ€

  4. 4

    To draw back; to withdraw.

  5. 5

    To withdraw or retire, as from danger.

  6. 6

    To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

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