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shrunken

 
Adjective shrunken has 3 senses
  1. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - 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 gray hair"
    Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
  2. shriveled, shrivelled, 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"
    Antonym: increased (indirect, via decreased)
  3. shrunk, shrunken - reduced in size by being drawn together; "the shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear"
    Antonym: expanded (indirect, via contracted)
Verb shrink has 5 senses
  1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
    --1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
    --2 is one way to move
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. shrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
    --3 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
    Derived forms: noun shrinkage1, noun shrinking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
    --4 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Antonyms: stretch
    Derived form: noun shrinkage1
    Sample sentence:
    These fabrics shrink easily
  5. shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
    --5 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Derived form: noun shrinking2
    Sample sentence:
    Their earnings shrink this year
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