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Definitions for shrinking
shrink·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
shrinking, shrinkagenoun
process or result of becoming less or smaller
"the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
shrinkingnoun
the act of becoming less
Wiktionary
shrinkingadjective
Possessing the property of reducing in size or significance.
She's a shrinking violet, whenever people look at her she gets smaller.
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shrinking
Shrinking generally refers to the process or act of becoming or making something smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc. It can be used in various contexts, such as physical decrease in size, reduction in economic terms, or diminishing relevance or importance.
Webster Dictionary
Shrinking
of Shrink
Shrinking
a. & n. from Shrink
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shrinking in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shrinking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of shrinking in a Sentence
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
Automation, a change in attitude towards risk, increased regulation and shrinking liquidity has meant a reduction in the number of traders, the trading community is shrinking.
Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992:
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
So far we've got interesting results from three astronauts. It seems that there is a strong production of collagen; so suddenly these astronauts have more collagen. It means there is some sort of anti-ageing effect, at least in the dermis - the lower part of the skin. And we found that the epidermis, in particular the part of the living cells, that this epidermis is shrinking, so the skin gets thinner, so far we have no explanation yet, and we are waiting for the other astronauts to figure out what's going on and maybe to try to figure out how we can protect, how we can help so that this epidermis is not shrinking.
It's a mature company that already has broad distribution and its customer base is shrinking because department stores are shrinking.
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