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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.
1. : to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle, cower. 2. a. : to contract to less extent or compass. b. : to become smaller or more compacted. c. : to lose substance or weight. d. : to lessen in value : dwindle. 3. a. : to recoil instinctively (as from something painful or horrible) shrank from the challenge.
Definitions of shrinking. noun. the act of becoming less. see more. act of making on a greatly reduced scale. the act of decreasing or reducing something. noun. the process or result of becoming less or smaller. synonyms: shrinkage.
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 ]
Definition of shrink verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Shrink definition: to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance. See examples of SHRINK used in a sentence.
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.
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.
