English to afrikaans meaning of

shrunken

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gekrimp" word in grootte of hoeveelheid verklein, veral as gevolg van gedroog of andersins verkrimp of gekondenseer. Dit kan ook verwys na iets wat kleiner geword het of in belangrikheid, betekenis of invloed verminder het.

Synonyms

  1. shriveled
  2. shrivelled

Sentence Examples

  1. He squinted, making his shrunken eyes even smaller and more menacing.
  2. Their shrunken size made her realise how insignificant she was in the vast world.
  3. The chairs were in front of a low table with a shrunken skull on it.
  4. His eyes tracked the retired Sergeant Major or Army Colonel, shrunken in their non-military jobs, scattered around bases that served as their refuge.
  5. Even the lips were white, and the gums seemed to have shrunken back from the teeth, as we sometimes see in a corpse after a prolonged illness.
  6. He was a shrunken, dried-out facsimile of a human being, and would never help anyone again.
  7. The Lieutenant tapped a few places on the table, and a shrunken, three-dimensional scene rose from the table.
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