shrinking in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for shrinking in the English»Italian Dictionary

shrinking [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ, Am ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ] ADJ

shrinking amount, numbers, resource, asset, audience

in diminuzione

shrinking population, market, revenue

in calo

shrinking violet [Am ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ ˈvaɪ(ə)lət] N inf, hum

shrinking violet

mammola f

shrinking violet

persona f timida

she's no shrinking violet!

non è proprio una mammoletta!

I.shrink [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] N inf (psychoanalyst, psychiatrist)

shrink

strizzacervelli mf

II.shrink <pt shrank, pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

shrink

fare restringere

shrink

fare stagionare

shrink ANTHROPOL head

rimpicciolire

III.shrink <pt shrank, pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink:

shrink fabric:

restringersi, ritirarsi

shrink timber:

ritirarsi, seccare

shrink piece of dough, meat:

ridursi

shrink forest, area of land:

ritirarsi

shrink boundaries:

avvicinarsi, restringersi

shrink economy, sales:

essere in calo

shrink resources, funds:

restringersi, diminuire

shrink old person, body:

rattrappirsi

the staff has shrunk from 200 to 50

il personale è sceso da 200 a 50

to have shrunk to nothing team, household:

essere ridotto a poche persone or a quattro gatti inf

to have shrunk to nothing person:

essere solo pelle e ossa

2. shrink (recoil):

shrink (physically)

indietreggiare

to shrink from conflict, responsibility

rifuggire da

to shrink from doing

essere riluttante a fare

he didn't shrink from the task

non si è sottratto all'impegno

shrink-proof [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkpruːf] ADJ

shrink-proof fabric:

shrink-proof

irrestringibile

shrink ring [ˈʃrɪŋkrɪŋ] N

shrink ring

anello m di forzamento

shrink back VB [ʃrɪŋk -]

shrink back

tirarsi indietro, indietreggiare

to shrink back in horror

indietreggiare per la paura

shrink-wrapping [ˈʃrɪŋkræpɪŋ] N

shrink-wrapping

confezionamento m con pellicola termoretraibile

shrink-wrapping

cellofanatura f con pellicola termoretraibile

I.shrink-wrap [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkrap, Am ˈʃrɪŋkˌræp] N

shrink-wrap

film m termoretraibile

shrink-wrap

pellicola f termoretraibile

II.shrink-wrap <forma in -ing shrink-wrapping, pt, pp shrink-wrapped> [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkrap, Am ˈʃrɪŋkˌræp] VB trans

shrink-wrap food, books:

shrink-wrap

imballare [qc] con pellicola termoretraibile

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rimpicciolimento

shrinking

mammola fig

shrinking violet

shrinking in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shrinking in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

shrink

strizzacervelli m inv

II.shrink <shrank [or shrunk], shrunk [or shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

1. shrink (make smaller):

shrink

restringere

2. shrink (reduce):

shrink costs

ridurre

III.shrink <shrank [or shrunk], shrunk [or shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

shrink clothes

restringersi

2. shrink (become reduced):

shrink

ridursi

3. shrink liter (cower):

shrink

indietreggiare

to shrink away from sb/sth

indietreggiare davanti a qu/qc

4. shrink (be reluctant to):

to shrink from sth

sottrarsi a qc

(be reluctant to) to shrink from doing sth

essere restio a fare qc

I.shrink-wrap [ˈʃrɪŋk·ræp] N

shrink-wrap

pellicola f (termoretraibile)

II.shrink-wrap [ˈʃrɪŋk·ræp] VB trans

shrink-wrap food:

shrink-wrap

avvolgere (nella pellicola)

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termoaderente

heat-shrinking

strizzacervelli

shrink

accorciarsi (abito)

to shrink

restringersi

to shrink

ritirarsi

to shrink

shrinking Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shrink away from sb/sth

indietreggiare davanti a qu/qc

to shrink from sth

sottrarsi a qc

(be reluctant to) to shrink from doing sth

essere restio a fare qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This may have been due to the global economic crisis and shrinking demand.

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My way of thinking, which falls along a more conservative line, has been shrinking within the party.

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Theorists hypothesize that the periodontal ligament promotes eruption through the shrinking and cross-linking of their collagen fibers and the contraction of their fibroblasts.

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In particular, experts predict that this might lead to a shrinking of the labour force.

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Let's start with the incredibly shrinking wealth effect.

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The miniaturization of camera systems calls for the continuous shrinking of pixel sizes.

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The average decrease of population between 2009 and 2012 was approximately 1.27% p.a., whereas the population in bordering rural regions is shrinking with accelerating tendency.

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The lake currently covers 16400 km2, but, like the Aral Sea, it is shrinking because of the diversion of water from the rivers that feed it.

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The studios declining interest in CinemaScope, along with the shrinking market for short films, prompted an abrupt end to the series.

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Employers worried about a shrinking labor pool could look to the other 50% of the population to expand it, she said.

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