Shrunk
/ʃrʌŋk/noun
Past tense and past participle of shrink, meaning to become smaller or contract.
Did you know?Shrink and shrunk come from an old Germanic root meaning “to contract,” and the same ancient family also gave English words tied to tightening, drawing inward, and physical compression.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skrinkanan
“to shrink, contract, wither”
Old English
OE
scrincan
“to wither, waste away, contract”
Middle English
ME
shrinken
“to become smaller, dwindle”
Middle English
ME
shronk / shrank
“past tense forms of shrink”
Modern English
EN
shrunk
“past participle and past tense of shrink”