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Shrinking
- verb - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
- reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
- the act of becoming less
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Shrouding
- verb - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
- wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
Shrugging
- verb - raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
Shuffling
- verb - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
- move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
Shuttling
- verb - travel back and forth between two points
Sickening
- verb - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
- causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
- get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
- make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"
- upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"
Sight Gag
- noun - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
Sightsing
- verb - sing from a score without having seen it before; "This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces"
Signaling
- verb - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
- be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"
- sig·nal (sgnl)
n.
1.
a. An indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication. See Synonyms at gesture.
b. A message communicated by such means.
2. Something that incites action: The peace treaty was the signal
Silencing
- verb - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"