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shrinking
(encz) | shrinking,smršťování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shrinking
(gcide) | Shrink \Shrink\, v. i. [imp. Shrankor Shrunkp. p. Shrunk
or Shrunken, but the latter is now seldom used except as a
participial adjective; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrinking.] [OE.
shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken,
and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle,
to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]
1. To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract
into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to
become compacted.
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And on a broken reed he still did stay
His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he
lay. --Spenser.
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I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes,
will shrink or draw into less room. --Bacon.
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Against this fire do I shrink up. --Shak.
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And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
--Dryden.
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All the boards did shrink. --Coleridge.
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2. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action
from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
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What happier natures shrink at with affright,
The hard inhabitant contends is right. --Pope.
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They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank
from the task. --Jowett
(Thucyd.)
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3. To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body,
or part of it; to shudder; to quake. [R.] --Shak.
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Shrinking
(gcide) | Shrinking \Shrink"ing\,
a. & n. from Shrink.
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Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
also sinking head, and riser.
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shrinking
(wn) | shrinking
n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the
material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn:
shrinking, shrinkage]
2: the act of becoming less |
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no shrinking violet
(encz) | no shrinking violet, |
shrinking
(encz) | shrinking,smršťování n: Zdeněk Brož |
shrinking violet
(encz) | shrinking violet, |
shrinkingly
(encz) | shrinkingly, |
unshrinking
(encz) | unshrinking,nebojácný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Shrinking head
(gcide) | Shrinking \Shrink"ing\,
a. & n. from Shrink.
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Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
also sinking head, and riser.
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Shrinkingly
(gcide) | Shrinkingly \Shrink"ing*ly\, adv.
In a shrinking manner.
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Unshrinking
(gcide) | Unshrinking \Unshrinking\
See shrinking. |
shrinking
(wn) | shrinking
n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the
material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn:
shrinking, shrinkage]
2: the act of becoming less |
shrinking violet
(wn) | shrinking violet
n 1: someone who shrinks from familiarity with others [syn: {shy
person}, shrinking violet] |
unshrinking
(wn) | unshrinking
adj 1: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking,
unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking] |
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