[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shrink \shrink\, v. i. imp. shrankor shrunkp. p. shrunk
   or shrunken, but the latter is now seldom used except as a
   participial adjective; p. pr.  vb. n. shrinking. oe.
   shrinken, schrinken, as. scrincan; akin to od. schrincken,
   and probably to sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle,
   to rumple, and e. shrimp, n.  v., scrimp. cf. shrimp.
   1. to wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract
      into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to
      become compacted.
      1913 webster

            and on a broken reed he still did stay
            his feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he
            lay.                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            i have not found that water, by mixture of ashes,
            will shrink or draw into less room.   --bacon.
      1913 webster

            against this fire do i shrink up.     --shak.
      1913 webster

            and shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            all the boards did shrink.            --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   2. to withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action
      from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
      1913 webster

            what happier natures shrink at with affright,
            the hard inhabitant contends is right. --pope.
      1913 webster

            they assisted us against the thebans when you shrank
            from the task.                        --jowett
                                                  thucyd.
      1913 webster

   3. to express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body,
      or part of it; to shudder; to quake. r. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
shrank shrunk shrunken shrinking shrimp 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shrunken \shrunk"en\,
   p. p.  a. from shrink.
   1913 webster
see also:
shrink 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shrink
     n : a physician who specializes in psychiatry syn: psychiatrist,
          head-shrinker
     v 1: wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "the fruit dried
          and shriveled" syn: shrivel, shrivel up, wither
     2: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
        showed the slaughtering of the calf" syn: flinch, squinch,
         funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail
     3: reduce in size; reduce physically; "hot water will shrink
        the sweater"; "can you shrink this image?" syn: reduce
     4: become smaller or draw together; "the fabric shrank"; "the
        balloon shrank" syn: contract ant: expand, stretch
     5: decrease in size, range, or extent; "his earnings shrank";
        "my courage shrivelled when i saw the task before me"
        syn: shrivel
     also: shrunken, shrunk, shrank
see also:
psychiatrist head-shrinker shrivel shrivel up wither flinch 
squinch funk cringe wince recoil 
quail reduce contract expand stretch 
shrunken shrunk shrank 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shrunken
     adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the
            old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and
            ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
            man with withered face and lantern jaws"-w.f.starkie;
            "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened
            little man with frizzy gray hair" syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
             withered, wizen, wizened
     2: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled
        receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she
        found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken
        buying power" syn: shriveled, shrivelled
     3: reduced in size by being drawn together; "the shrunken dress
        was entirely too tight to wear" syn: shrunk
see also:
shriveled shrivelled withered wizen wizened shrunk 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shrunken
     see shrink
see also:
shrink 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

92 moby thesaurus words for "shrunken":
   lilliputian, sanforized, tom thumb, abated, ablated, atrophied,
   attenuated, bated, belittled, brittle, by the board, consumed,
   contracted, corky, curtailed, decreased, deflated, depleted,
   desiccated, diminished, dissipated, dried-up, dropped, dumpy,
   dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elfin, emacerated, emaciated, eroded,
   expended, fallen, forfeit, forfeited, gone, incipient,
   irretrievable, less, lesser, long-lost, lost, lost to, lower,
   lowered, meager, midget, miniaturized, nanoid, out the window,
   papery, parched, parchmenty, preshrunk, pygmy, reduced, retrenched,
   rudimental, rudimentary, runty, scaled-down, scraggy, scrubby,
   sear, sere, shorn, shorter, shriveled, shriveled up, shrunk,
   smaller, squandered, squat, stunted, thin, undersize, undersized,
   used, used up, wasted, wasted away, watered-down, weakened,
   weazened, wilted, withered, wizen, wizen-faced, wizened, worn,
   worn away, wrinkled

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