shrinking
/ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To cause to become smaller.
- To become smaller; to contract.
- To cower or flinch.
- To draw back; to withdraw.
- To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
- The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
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