1. contraction
"It's" is a contraction of "it is."
Her contractions are 10 minutes APART.
He didn't finish the race yesterday, bacause he had a contraction.
Okay, so it causes a small involuntary contraction in my hand by putting a magnetic pulse in my brain
She had felt the contraction, too, but there was nothing they could do about it.
When we write to friends, we often use contractions like ‘I’m’ instead of ‘I am’.
The pain is caused by stomach contractions.
The contraction result in tight fit.
Englisch Wort "kurczenie"(contraction) tritt in Sätzen auf:
Chemia i Materiały2. thickening
The fog was thickening quickly.
If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
3. shrink
If you wish to get on in the world, you must not shrink from effort.
Will this sweater shrink when washed?
Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature
Jeans shrink a little in the wash.
You know, it's funny. When my parents got divorced, they sent me to this shrink
To tell the truth these shrinks need us more than we need them.
My new blouse shrank after I washed it in cold water. shrink shrank shrunk
Families have been shrinking since the 1970s.
A 2005 Survey of 442 glaciers from the World Glacier Monitoring Service found that 90 percent of the world's glaciers are shrinking as the planet warms.
you should see a shrink
4. shrinkage
She bought a slightly larger size to allow for shrinkage.
Englisch Wort "kurczenie"(shrinkage) tritt in Sätzen auf:
Selecting wood