Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of shrink
Fanny shrunk back to her seat, with feelings sadly pained by his language and his smell of spirits; […]
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 152
adjectiveshrunk (comparative more shrunk, superlative most shrunk)
comparative more shrunk · superlative most shrunk
- shrunken
[…]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne / Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 2
Translations
Dutch gekrompen
- gekrompenpast participle of shrink
German geschrumpft
- geschrumpftpast participle of shrink
Hindi संकुचित
- संकुचित (saṅkucit)past participle of shrink
Spanish encogido
- encogidopast participle of shrink
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shrunk
trunkfunkjunkunchunkchunkbunkdunksplunkcrunkthunkdebunkgunkplunkflunkslunkkerplunkdegunkfrunkspelunk
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APA
shrunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunk
MLA
“shrunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrunk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunk.
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