"shrinking" meaning in All languages combined

See shrinking on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg Forms: more shrinking [comparative], most shrinking [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: From shrink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrink|ing}} shrink + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} shrinking (comparative more shrinking, superlative most shrinking)
  1. Shy and retiring. Derived forms: shrinking violet Translations (shy and retiring): arka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shrinking-en-adj-CznIeqAl Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 28 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 30 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 27 16

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg Forms: shrinkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: From shrink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrink|ing}} shrink + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrinking (plural shrinkings)
  1. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
    Sense id: en-shrinking-en-noun-11j4DFpH

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: From shrink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrink|ing}} shrink + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shrinking
  1. present participle and gerund of shrink Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shrink
    Sense id: en-shrinking-en-verb-T2yG-xEw

Inflected forms

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