"shrinking" meaning in English

See shrinking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg [General-American] Forms: more shrinking [comparative], most shrinking [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: 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

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg [General-American] Forms: shrinkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: 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

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-shrinking.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 12 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 16 59

Inflected forms

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