shrunkadj.
/ʃrʌŋk/, U.S. /ʃrəŋk/ 1. Contracted or reduced in size; drawn together into a smaller compass; †reduced in power, means, or the like. Also with together, up, away.
a. in predicative use.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracted
shrunkenc950
contractc1400
crined?a1513
shrunk1530
braced1534
contracted1603
retired1607
shrivelleda1631
constringed1655
dishrivelled1771
ingathered1853
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 705/2 My leather purse is shronke.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hij My bely or panche is all wasted quyte vp or shronke to gether.
1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 4 Vomiting til his intrailes were all shrunke and broken.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. ii. 62 Timon is shrunke indeede. View more context for this quotation
1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid Prol. House sig. A3v Men are shrunk in Brain as well as Stature.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 68 Sedums..when to all appearance shrunk and shrivel'd up.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. v. 123 My dominions..are somewhat shrunk in compass.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii The wood paneling was shrunk and warped.
1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 245 The brain..is generally somewhat shrunk.
b. in attributive use. Now somewhat rare.
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1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K3v Her blew bloud chang'd to blacke in euerie vaine, Wanting the spring, that those shrunke pipes had fed. View more context for this quotation
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 104 In this borrowed likenes of shrunke death, Thou shalt remaine full two and fortie houres. View more context for this quotation
1609 B. Jonson Masque in Wks. (1616) 955 As low as lies Old shrunk-vp Chaos.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 161 His shrunke shanke. View more context for this quotation
a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. iv. 58 To stretch my shruncke vp sinnewes at an ore.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 185 The wither'd or shrunk Barberries.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 392 The flaccid, shrunk, And wither'd muscle.
1835 Court Mag. 6 71/2 She was of shrunk growth, if not positively deformed.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 78/1 Till his shrunk face was as quiet on the pillow as if he'd been really at home the first night after a voyage.
1907 G. F. S. Elliot Romance Plant Life xv. 196 The ‘shrunk’ or folded condition of the leaflets.
2. Of cloth: That has been subjected to the process of ‘shrinking’.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > shrunk
shrunk1895
preshrunk1907
Sanforized1930
London-shrunk1940
Rigmel1969
1895 Stores Price List White Flannels...Cream Tennis, Twill (Shrunk).
3. Fitted on by the process of shrinking.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > liable to shrink > put on by shrinking
shrunk1908
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere > fitted on by shrinking
shrunk1908
1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 4/2 Eight cylinders, arranged V-fashion, with shrunk-on brass water-jackets.
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