Drawn together, shrunk, or shrivelled, by the action of heat, cold, hunger, thirst, disease, etc.
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释义 | the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles (22) clungc1325 Drawn together, shrunk, or shrivelled, by the action of heat, cold, hunger, thirst, disease, etc. clinkery1398 Contracted or shrivelled with heat or cold. hirpleda1400 Contracted, wrinkled. clunged1495 = clung, adj. wrinkled?1523 Having, distinguished by, or formed into wrinkles, corrugations, or creases; contracted or puckered into small furrows and ridges; corrugated… shrivelled1565 Drawn together or contracted so as to have or form wrinkles and to appear as if dried up. rivelled1601 That has become shrunken or shrivelled, esp. by heat. Also figurative. Without construction. puckered1606 Esp. of fabric, a garment, or the like: drawn or contracted into wrinkles, folds, or creases. Also, of the face, brow, lips, etc.: pursed… rivelled1627 That has become shrunken or shrivelled, esp. by heat. Also figurative. With up. Now rare (English regional (Shropshire) in later use). shrimped1638 Shrivelled, withered, shrunk; huddled up with cold. truss1674 Of a thick rounded form, like a bundle or parcel; neatly and compactly framed; tight, compact; in quot. 1722, shrunken, shrivelled. pursed1676 Of the lips, mouth, etc.: drawn into tight folds or wrinkles; drawn together, puckered. Also with up. Cf. purse, v. 4b. wizened1728 Of persons or animals, their features, etc.: Shrunken and dried up, thin and shrivelled. †Also of the throat, parched. weazen1765 = wizen, adj. wizen1786 = wizened, adj. 2. nirled1808 Shrivelled, shrunken; stunted; frozen. beshrivelled1821 weazened1842 = wizened, adj. 2. weazeny1864 Somewhat weazen. concertinaed1880 Closed or folded multiple times in a manner resembling a concertina's bellows; wrinkled; collapsed. Also figurative. swivelled1898 scrunty1947 Stunted, shrivelled, stumpy. |
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