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adjective
- 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.
If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him. [ VERB preposition/adverb ]
noun. the process or result of becoming less or smaller. synonyms: shrinkage. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ UK. /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Shrinking." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/shrinking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.
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.
[intransitive, transitive] to become or to make something smaller in size or amount. The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea. The market for their products is shrinking. shrink something The internet in a sense has shrunk the world. see also shrunken. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
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.
SHRINK definition: 1. to become smaller, or to make something smaller: 2. a doctor trained to help people with mental…. Learn more.
to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture: This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.
Shrink definition: to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance. See examples of SHRINK used in a sentence.
