Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having shrunk; shriveled up; contracted: as, a shrunken limb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. & a. from
shrink .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Reduced insize as a result ofshrinkage ;shriveled . - verb Past participle of
shrink
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- adjective reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word shrunken.
Examples
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical."
-
These goatskin shrunken heads are handmade in Ecuador only for us.
Boing Boing: February 19, 2006 - February 25, 2006 Archives 2006
-
What is called a bony lesion by the osteopath and a subluxation by the chiropractor, is in reality a "ligatight," that is, a shrunken condition of the connective tissue forming the various ligaments that bind the vertebrae together.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.