shrinking

fe’l verb

1. To cause to become smaller. The dryer shrank my sweater.
2. To become smaller; to contract. This garment will shrink when wet.
3. To cower or flinch. Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
4. To draw back; to withdraw.

ot noun

1. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.