Definitions for shrunken

Overview of verb shrink

The verb shrink has 5 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (3) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither

(wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled")

2. (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")

3. (2) shrink, reduce

(reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?")

4. (1) shrink, contract

(become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank")

5. shrink, shrivel

(decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me")

Overview of adj shrunken

The adj shrunken has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

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 grey hair")

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")