shrunken

Meanings

• Adjective

  Reduced in size; made smaller.

  - "The grapes were shrunken due to the hot weather."
  - "The old man's face was shrunken and wrinkled."

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Antonyms

enlarge , expand , grow , stretch , enlarge , expand , grow , stretch

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Synonyms

funk , shirk , retreat , shrink back

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Variants

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shrunken , shrank , shrink , shrinkable , shrinker , shrinkers , shrinking , shrinks , shrunk , shrank from , shrink from , shrinking from , shrinks from , shrunk from , shrunken from

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Etymology

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Old English scruncan (to shrink, shrink back, recoil); related to scruncan (to creep, shrink).

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Trivia

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1. Shrunken heads are a common trope in horror movies and literature.

2. The smallest country in the world, Vatican City, has a shrunken population of around 800 people.

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Related Concepts

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1. Atrophy: A wasting away of a body part due to disease or disuse.

2. Shrinkage: The process of becoming smaller in size.

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Culture

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In various cultures, shrunken heads have been made as trophies or for spiritual purposes. They are often made by drying and shrinking the heads of enemies.

How to Memorize "shrunken"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a grape shrinking in size or an old person's face becoming smaller and wrinkled.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'shrunken' with words like 'small,' 'smaller,' or 'miniature' to help remember its meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Small is beautiful' to help remember that shrunken means'small' or 'reduced in size'.

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