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# shrunken

adjective (shrunken); old past participle of shrink (shrink, shrank, shrunk/shrunken)

«shrunken» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having become smaller than before, often in a way that looks wrinkled, dried or weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#m1)
2. (of numbers or amounts) Made smaller, reduced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories a shrunken figure is an old or ill person who looks small and frail, or a magic spell has made someone tiny; in science, a dried fruit is a shrunken grape. In everyday life clothes washed too hot come out shrunken. In history and museum talk «shrunken heads» were made by a few peoples long ago, which can be mentioned in museums.

### Examples

- My jumper came out of the wash all shrunken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x1)
- The old man looked shrunken in the big armchair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x2)
- A raisin is a shrunken, dried grape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x3)
- The shrunken lake left boats stuck in the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x4)
- In the story, the witch's spell left the prince shrunken to the size of a thumb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x5)
- The shrunken budget meant fewer school trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/#x6)

### Note

Mostly used as an adjective before a noun: «a shrunken apple». As the verb's past participle people usually say «shrunk»: «My jeans have shrunk». Past simple is «shrank»: «The jumper shrank».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shrunken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shrunken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shrunken.html) on Mova free.