Shrunk
//ʃɹʌŋk// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of shrink form-of, participle, past
"Fanny shrunk back to her seat, with feelings sadly pained by his language and his smell of spirits; […]"
Adjective
- 1 shrunken
"[…]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne / Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…]"
Example
More examples"For the ten years since the last census the population has shrunk by 7.15%."
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