What is the meaning of SHRINKING. Phrases containing SHRINKING
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adv.
In a shrinking manner.
a.
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.
n.
The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
n.
A shrinking back through fear.
n.
The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold.
n.
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
n.
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
n.
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
n.
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shrink
n.
The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
n.
A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
n.
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
v. i.
To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
n.
Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
v. i.
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.
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Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
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tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
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