shrinking
verboadjetivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- Estados Unidos//ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ//
Shy and retiring.
verbo
- 1
Também uma forma de shrinkpresent participle and gerund of shrink
Etimologia
From shrink + -ing.
adjetivo
- 1
Shy and retiring.
substantivo
- 1
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
[…] 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 […]
The notion of a gently-nurtured girl being at the mercy of that fiend incarnate […] was one which caused me tangible shrinkings of the body.
Formas
- plural
- shrinkings
- comparativo
- more shrinking
- superlativo
- most shrinking