shrunk

SHRUNK/ʃɹʌŋk/

2 meanings of shrunk

1
verb
Past tense and past participle of shrink. For the past tense, shrank is more common in careful writing.
The wool sweater shrunk after I washed it in hot water.
Her savings had shrunk to almost nothing by spring.
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2
adjective
Made smaller in size than it was before, often by heat or water.
Like a wool hat that gets too tiny to wear after a hot wash.
The shrunk sweater was far too small for him now.
The shrunk apple had gone wrinkly and hard in the bowl.
Similarshriveled, contracted, reduced, withered
Oppositeswollen
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shrunk is a form of shrink

shrink, verb: To get smaller, or to make something smaller. Full entry

Forms: shrinkshrinks he/she/itshrinking -ing formshrank past tenseshrunk past participle
Spelling: shrink → shrunk: irregular (no -ed)

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