"shrunken" meaning in English

See shrunken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɹʌŋkən/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰən] ~ [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰn̩] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrunken.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more shrunken [comparative], most shrunken [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkən Head templates: {{en-adj}} shrunken (comparative more shrunken, superlative most shrunken)
  1. Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled. Derived forms: shrunkenly, shrunkenness, unshrunken Translations (reduced in size as a result of shrinkage): свит (svit) (Bulgarian), съсухрен (săsuhren) (Bulgarian), slinken (Dutch), krimpen (Dutch), összezsugorodott (Hungarian), kōmae (Māori), encolhido (Portuguese), skrumpnad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shrunken-en-adj-dVArCfco Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɹʌŋkən/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰən] ~ [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰn̩] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrunken.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkən Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shrunken
  1. past participle of shrink Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: shrink
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          "shrink#English"
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          "shrinkage",
          "shrinkage"
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          "shrivelled"
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          "roman": "svit",
          "sense": "reduced in size as a result of shrinkage",
          "word": "свит"
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          "sense": "reduced in size as a result of shrinkage",
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          "lang": "Māori",
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          "sense": "reduced in size as a result of shrinkage",
          "word": "kōmae"
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          "sense": "reduced in size as a result of shrinkage",
          "word": "encolhido"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "reduced in size as a result of shrinkage",
          "word": "skrumpnad"
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