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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.
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.
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.
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.
5 meanings: 1. to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc 2. to become or cause to become smaller in.... Click for more definitions.
/ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ IPA guide. 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. US. /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ UK. /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Shrinking."
[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.
shrink meaning, definition, what is shrink: to become smaller, or to make something ...: Learn 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.
