SHRINKING Synonyms

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• a becoming gradually less

• gradually decreasing until little remains

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)

• a state of nervous depression

• an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• decrease in size, range, or extent

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame

• A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• show submission or fear

• a reflex response to sudden pain

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

• a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

• flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

• small gallinaceous game birds

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

• a movement back from an impact

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• spring back, as from a forceful thrust

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• avoid dealing with

• a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

• crouch down

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

• the facial expression of sudden pain

• a reflex response to sudden pain

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• make a face indicating disgust or dislike

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear