сокраща́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
• shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
• shrink verb To become or make smaller.

Senses

сокраща́ться is used for these senses in English:

• dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
• shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
• shorten (intransitive) To become shorter.
• shrink (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

shorten — full definition

1. verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
2. verb To become shorter.

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