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DWINDLING |
Shrinking |
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FLINCHING |
Shrinking back |
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SHRINKINGLY |
In a shrinking manner. |
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FUNKING |
A shrinking back through fear. |
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UNFLINCHING |
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. |
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DASTARD |
Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. |
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SHRINK |
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil;
withdrawal. |
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SHRINKAGE |
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or
measurement. |
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CRINGE |
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in
fear or servility. |
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SCRIM |
Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent
shrinking, checking, etc. |
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FULLING |
The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth
by moisture, heat, and pressure. |
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BOLD |
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or
shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. |
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RECOIL |
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the
recoil of nature, or of the blood. |
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COY |
Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful;
shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication
of coquetry. |
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CONTRACTILE |
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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WARP |
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. |
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WRINKLE |
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. |
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CONTRACTION |
The act or process of contracting, shortening, or
shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart,
of the pupil of the e... |
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COLLAPSE |
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) ... |