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degrow (三人称単数 現在形 degrows, 現在分詞 degrowing, 過去形 degrew, 過去分詞 degrown)

1. (intransitive) To become smaller; to shrink.
   • 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, vol. 36 no. 5:

     They can eat vast amounts when times are good, and can even ‘degrow’ when food is scarce, consuming their own body mass very slowly, with no ill-effects.

   • 2015, Sanjay Kulkarni, The Value Elephant:

     Essentially, this meant that the markets were expecting the company to degrow and its economic performance to deteriorate.

2. (transitive) To make (something) smaller, to reduce.
   • 2013, Rob Dietz, Dan O'Neill, Enough is Enough, page 184:

     It seems likely that wealthy countries in Western Europe and North America need to degrow their economies before establishing a steady state.