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shrunk·en
(shrŭng′kən)v.
A past participle of shrink.
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shrunken
(ˈʃrʌŋkən)vb
a past participle of shrink
adj
(usually prenominal) reduced in size: a shrunken head.
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shrink
(ʃrɪŋk)v. shrank, often, shrunk; shrunk shrunk•en; shrink•ing; v.i.
1. to contract or lessen in size: cloth that shrinks if washed.
2. to become reduced in extent, compass, or value.
3. to draw back; recoil: to shrink from danger.
v.t. 4. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
5. preshrink.
n. 6. an act or instance of shrinking.
7. shrinkage.
8. Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.
[before 900; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan, c. Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink]
shrink′er,
n.
syn: See decrease.
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| Adj. | 1. | shrunken - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" |
| 2. | shrunken - reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power" |
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shrunken
adjectivePhysically haggard:
Idiom: skin and bones.
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Translations
مُتَقَلِّصمُنْكَمِش، مُتَقَلِّص
scvrklýsražený
krympet
kutistunut
smanjen
összezsugorodott
rÿrnaîur, samanskroppinn
縮んだ
줄어든
scvrknutý
krympt
ที่หดลง
çekmişdaralmışkısalmış
bị co lại
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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shrunken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shrunken
[ˈʃrʌŋk/ən] adj (body) → rinsecchito/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shrink1
(ʃriŋk) – past tense shrank (ʃrӕŋk) : past participle shrunk (ʃraŋk) verb1. to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller. My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?
2. to move back in fear, disgust etc (from). She shrank (back) from the man.
3. to wish to avoid something unpleasant. I shrank from telling him the terrible news.
ˈshrinkage (-kidʒ) noun the act of shrinking, or the amount by which something shrinks.
shrunken (ˈʃraŋk(ən)) adjective having been made or become smaller.
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shrunken
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