Shrunken - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʃrʌŋkən|
Brit.
|ˈʃrʌŋkən|
adjective
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness (syn: withered, wizen, wizened)
a shrunken old man
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensitythe dollar's shrunken buying power
Extra examples
The sweater shrank when it was washed.
Meat shrinks as it cooks.
The town's population shrank during the war.
Hot water shrank the sweater.
The treatment should shrink the tumor.
He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.
He is seeing a shrink.
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