shrunk (B1)
verb (past participle)
Pronunciation: /ʃrʌŋk/
Definition
The past participle of 'shrink', meaning to become smaller in size, amount, or extent, or to make something smaller.
Examples
The company's profits have shrunk significantly over the last quarter.
After being left in the sun, the leather shoes had shrunk and were uncomfortable to wear.
Her confidence had shrunk after the series of rejections.
How to Use shrunk
- shrunk to (prepositional phrase)
- Reduced to a specific smaller size or amount. — "The population of the village had shrunk to only a few hundred residents."
- shrunk from (prepositional phrase)
- Reduced from a previous larger state. — "His savings had shrunk from a substantial sum to almost nothing."
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