shrunk

CEFRB2

/ˈʃɹʌŋk/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Became smaller in size.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    shrunken

Examples

  • For the ten years since the last census the population has shrunk by 7.15%.

  • Tom washed my sweater in the washing machine and it shrunk.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of shrink

More examples

In context

  • Tom's new shirt shrunk when he washed it and now it doesn't fit.

  • […]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne / Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…]

  • Fanny shrunk back to her seat, with feelings sadly pained by his language and his smell of spirits; […]

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the rain, the wool sweater had blank to half its size.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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