curungku (p. 196) கிறது, சுருங்கினது, சுருங்கும், சுருங்க, v. a. To shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, rumple, குறைய. 2. To lesson, decrease, dwindle; to be reduced, compressed, சிறுக. 3. To be gathered, puckered, folded, plaited, குவிய 4. To be abridged, epitomized, shortened, சங்கிரகமாக. 5. To close--as a flower, umbrella, &c., to be furled, to be drawn in--as the rays of the sun, or the limbs of a tortoise, or head of a snake, &c., அடங்க. 6. To be curtailed, or reduced--as expenses, செலவுசுருங்க. 7. To shrink from duty, to be reluctant. மனந் தளர. 8. To fail, be defective, remiss, ஒழுக் கந்தப்ப. 9. To decrease, as a succession of waves, rolling towards the shore, அலைசுருங்க. 1. To be abstracted from earthly objects, as the mind of an ascetic, அவாசுருங்க. 11. To become impaired, as the senses by age, அறிவுசுருங்க. வானஞ்சுருங்கிற்றானஞ்சுருங்கும். If the heavens be shut up, (if there be no rain) charity is diminished. சுருங்கச்சொல்லல், v. noun. Brevity, one of the ten beauties of style. See அழகு. சுருக்கம், v. noun. Shrinking, contracting, closing, shrivelling. சுருங்கல், v. noun. Shrinking, any thing shrunk. 25) *