Hyphenation of shrinking

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shrinking? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

shrink-ing

Definitions of shrinking:

1.	Process or result of becoming less or smaller The material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
2.	The act of becoming less

Synonyms of shrinking:

noun	shrinkage, decrease, lessening, drop-off
noun	decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.