Word Meanings - SHRUNKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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• SHRINKINGLY
  In a shrinking manner.
• SHRINKING
  from Shrink. Shrinking head , a body of molten metal connected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also sinking head, and riser.
• SHRINKER
  One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
• SHRINKAGE
  1. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement. 2. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc. 3. Decrease in value; depreciation.
• SHRINK
  the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; p. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., 1. To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence,