shrunk

UK: /ˈʃrʌŋk/ US: /ʃrʌŋk/ ,(shrungk)

From the verb shrink: (⇒ conjugate)

shrunk is: ⓘ

v past (Nonstandard)

v past p

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shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/   v. 

1. a pp. and pt. of shrink.

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shrunk  (shrungk), v. 

1. a pp. and pt. of shrink. 

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shrunk / ʃrʌŋk/ verb

1. a past participle and past tense of shrink

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shrink /ʃrɪŋk/   v., shrank /ʃræŋk/  or, often, shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/ ; shrunk or shrunk•en /ˈʃrʌŋkən/ ;
shrink•ing, n. 
v. 

1. to (cause to) contract or lessen in size: [no object]
   clothes that shrink if washed in hot water.
   [~ + object]
   Hot water will shrink some of those clothes.
2. to (cause to) become reduced in extent, amount, or value: [no object]
   The bank's resources are shrinking.
   [~ + object]
   Inflation and taxation are shrinking our resources.
3. to draw back;
   move back suddenly, as in horror:
   [no object* (~ + back)] to shrink from danger; She shrank back in her seat as the horror movie got even nastier.

n. [countable]

4. Slang Terms a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

shrink•a•ble, adj. 

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shrink  (shringk), v., shrank or, often, shrunk;
shrunk or shrunk•en;
shrink•ing;
 n. 
v.i. 

1. to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance:
   to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
2. to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture:
   This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.
3. to become reduced in extent or compass.

v.t. 

4. to cause to shrink or contract;
   reduce.
5. Textiles to cause (a fabric) to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.

n. 

6. an act or instance of shrinking.
7. a shrinking movement.
8. shrinkage.
9. Slang Terms Also, shrinker. Also called head shrinker. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

• bef. 900; 1955–60 for def. 9; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan; cognate with Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink, Norwegian skrukka old shrunken woman

shrink′a•ble, adj. 
shrink′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. withdraw, recoil, quail. See wince. 
• 3. See decrease. 

Antonyms

• 3. increase.

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shrink / ʃrɪŋk/ verb (shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk, shrunk, shrunken)

1. to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
2. to become or cause to become smaller in size
3. (intransitive) often followed by from: to recoil or withdraw: to shrink from the sight of blood
4. to feel great reluctance (at)

noun

1. the act or an instance of shrinking
2. a psychiatrist

Etymology: Old English scrincan; related to Old Norse skrokkr torso, Old Swedish skrunkin wrinkled, Old Norse hrukka a crease, Icelandic skrukka wrinkled woman

ˈshrinkable adjective

ˈshrinker noun

ˈshrinking adjective