"shrunk" meaning in English

See shrunk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʃɹʌŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shrunk.wav , En-us-shrunk.ogg Forms: more shrunk [comparative], most shrunk [superlative]
enPR: shrŭngk Rhymes: -ʌŋk Head templates: {{en-adj}} shrunk (comparative more shrunk, superlative most shrunk)
  1. shrunken Derived forms: unshrunk
    Sense id: en-shrunk-en-adj-y~FH7bqv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹʌŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shrunk.wav , En-us-shrunk.ogg
enPR: shrŭngk Rhymes: -ʌŋk Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shrunk
  1. simple past and past participle of shrink Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: shrink Translations (past participle of shrink): gekrompen (Dutch), geschrumpft (German), encogido (Spanish)
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