shrinking
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
- Hyphenation: shrink‧ing
Verb edit
shrinking
- present participle and gerund of shrink
Adjective edit
shrinking (comparative more shrinking, superlative most shrinking)
Antonyms edit
- unshrinking (adj)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
shrinking (plural shrinkings)
- The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
- 1822, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 6, page 10:
- […] the silent grief beyond the power of words—the generous consolations of the noble sister—the shrinkings of the poor criminal, and his relapsings into a gentler penitence […]
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- The notion of a gently-nurtured girl being at the mercy of that fiend incarnate […] was one which caused me tangible shrinkings of the body.