shrinking
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: shrink‧ing
Verb[edit]
shrinking
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 […]
- 1822, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal (volume 6, page 10)