2syllables
shrinking
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Definitions ofshrinking
1verb
- To cause to become smaller.
Example: "The dryer shrank my sweater."
- To become smaller; to contract.
Example: "This garment will shrink when wet."
- To cower or flinch.
Example: "Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip."
- To draw back; to withdraw.
- To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
1noun
- The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
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