shriveln.

Forms: Also 1500s shrevel.

Etymology: < shrivel v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrivel.

Something shrivelled up; †plural wrinkles in the skin; a shrivelled skin; a contracted word.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle

rimpleeOE

rivellingOE

rivelc1325

crow's footc1374

frounce1390

wrinklea1400

frumplec1440

freckle1519

line1538

lirkc1540

shrivel1547

plait1574

furrow1589

trench1594

crowfoot1614

seam1765

thought-line1858

laughter line1867

laugh line1913

smile-line1921

worry lines1972

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > into wrinkles > that which is

shrivel1835

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > fish skin > of eel

shrivel1835

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word

syncope1530

syncopation?1533

abbreviation1576

abbreviature1602

abridgement1612

contract1669

contraction1755

shrivel1873

suspension1896

stump word1922

clipping1933

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xix Rvge is the latyn worde. In englyshe it is named shreuels which is a ronnynge togyther of the skinne in a mannes face and necke.

1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 153 We caught an eel, which we skinned, and wore the shrivel for many a day round our ankle.

1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 163 Nor is any regard for rule or regularity to be seen..in our decurtate cab, cent, chap..or in such shrivels as aid, alms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

shrivelv.

/ˈʃrɪv(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s shriule.

Etymology: Origin unknown. (Compare Swedish dialect skryvla to wrinkle.)

a. intransitive. To become contracted and wrinkled or curled up, as from great heat or cold. Also with up, away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

setc1000

wanzec1175

lessc1225

allayc1275

wane1297

slaken1303

disincreasec1374

slakec1380

decrease1382

debatea1400

unwaxa1400

wastea1400

adminishc1400

lessenc1400

imminish14..

aslakec1405

minish?a1425

assuagec1430

shrinkc1449

to let down1486

decay1489

diminish1520

fall1523

rebate1540

batea1542

to come down1548

abate1560

stoop1572

pine1580

slack1580

scanten1585

shrivel1588

decrew1596

remit1629

contract1648

subside1680

lower1697

relax1701

drop1730

to take off1776

to run down1792

reduce1798

recede1810

to run off1816

to go down1823

attenuatea1834

ease1876

downscale1945

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in rank or condition

shrivel1588

degrade1850

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles

wizenc890

clinga1000

shrinkc1000

rivelOE

snurpc1300

wrinkle1528

warp1579

shrivel1588

pucker1598

shirpc1639

tuck1797

weazen1821

cringle1823

swivel1898

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 13 That shortly the heauens themselues shall shriule away like a scrowle.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Shrivel, to Wrinkle, to run up in Wrinkles or Scrolls.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 312 When the Stalks begin to shrivel at the part next the Branch.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 171 This elegant little Agaric is seldom found in full perfection, as it soon shrivels and loses its brilliant colours.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxxii. 193 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 585 The incipient bunches twist and shrivel up just before coming into bloom.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. 392 Two..ulcers which speedily scabbed, shrunk and shrivelled away.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 457 It forms a papilla..at the apex which shrivels when the spore ripens.

passive.1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Cii Hir face shriueled, and parched with the Sunne.1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 27 When Pippins, and other long lasting fruite, begin to be shriueled.1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 110 That his nose might be shrivelled with cold.1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 12 The lamb was shrivelled up to a cinder.1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. iii. 22 So scorched was it..that it was shrivelled to the smallest of creatures.

b. transferred and figurative. To be reduced to an inanimate or inefficient condition; (of a person) to shrink physically or mentally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > be unable to do something [verb (intransitive)] > become incapable or powerless

shrivel1680

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 60 This Pagan Hierarchy shrivelled up with all the false Deities, and Priests therein.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 128 I swore that my rage and revenge should pursue his enemies, until they shrivelled before me like that scorched-up symbol of annihilation.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 263 I felt his soul shrivel at my gaze.

1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 37 All life shrivelled into a miserable ‘if’ and an empty ‘might have been’.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady iii. 70 Undeveloped faculties that shrivel for want of using.

a. transitive. To cause to be contracted or shrunk into wrinkles. Often with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

anitherOE

wanzelOE

lessc1225

slakea1300

littenc1300

aslakec1314

adminisha1325

allayc1330

settle1338

low1340

minisha1382

reprovea1382

abatea1398

rebatea1398

subtlea1398

alaskia1400

forlyten?a1400

imminish14..

lessenc1410

diminish1417

repress?a1425

assuagec1430

scarcec1440

small1440

underslakec1440

alessa1450

debate?c1450

batec1460

decreasec1470

appetisse1474

alow1494

mince1499

perswage?1504

remita1513

inless?1521

attenuate1530

weaken1530

defray1532

mitigate1532

minorate1534

narrow?1548

diminuec1550

extenuate1555

amain1578

exolve1578

base1581

dejecta1586

amoinder1588

faint1598

qualify1604

contract1605

to pull down1607

shrivel1609

to take down1610

disaugment1611

impoverish1611

shrink1628

decoct1629

persway1631

unflame1635

straiten1645

depress1647

reduce1649

detract1654

minuate1657

alloy1661

lower?1662

sinka1684

retreat1690

nip1785

to drive down1840

minify1866

to knock down1867

to damp down1869

scale1887

mute1891

clip1938

to roll back1942

to cut back1943

downscale1945

downrate1958

slim1963

downshift1972

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles

shrenchc950

clinker1495

wizen1513

rivel1543

clinga1547

shrivel1609

warpa1616

pucker1616

plight1638

weazen1821

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease

frounce1390

frumple1398

crunklec1400

plighta1425

crinklec1430

crimple1440

rimple1440

rivel1543

wrinkle1543

crease1588

shrivel1609

befrumple1611

frowze1611

wrimple1611

pucker1616

furl1689

ruck1706

runkle1720

crink1821

furrow1853

crumple1858

ruckle1866

bumfle1911

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles viii. 10 A fire from heauen came and shriueld Vp those bodyes.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 34 Lest its new access into the Ayr, should shrivel it.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxiv. 308 Crabtree, shrivelling up his face, like an autumn leaf.

1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 5 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) This..covers the trunk, serving to shrivel the skin, in order to drive off insects.

1856 H. B. Stowe Dred xxxiv That fearful collapse, which..shrivels the most healthy countenance..to the shrunken..image of decrepit old age.

1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. i. 17 In the tropics a saturated solution is much too strong, and shrivels up delicate tissues.

b. transferred and figurative. To reduce to inanition, helplessness, or ineffectualness.

ΚΠ

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 30 This is ever the fruit of hard and penurious thoughts of God, that they shrivel up mens hearts too.

1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1862) IV. 266 The want of such a diffusive love shuts up and shrivels the destitute parts.

1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 109 Wither me and shrivel me, and free me from the dreadful thoughts that tempt me in my youth!

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 68/2 Milton..shrivelled up the lips of his revilers by the austerity of his scorn.

1859 Habits Good Society ix. 284 How the very thought must have shrivelled her up.

1901 Scotsman 12 Mar. 7/4 A passage which the House listened to very closely, fully realising how it finally shrivelled up malignant gossip.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shrivel
释义	shriveln. Forms: Also 1500s shrevel. Etymology: < shrivel v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrivel. Something shrivelled up; †plural wrinkles in the skin; a shrivelled skin; a contracted word. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle rimpleeOE rivellingOE rivelc1325 crow's footc1374 frounce1390 wrinklea1400 frumplec1440 freckle1519 line1538 lirkc1540 shrivel1547 plait1574 furrow1589 trench1594 crowfoot1614 seam1765 thought-line1858 laughter line1867 laugh line1913 smile-line1921 worry lines1972 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > into wrinkles > that which is shrivel1835 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > fish skin > of eel shrivel1835 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word syncope1530 syncopation?1533 abbreviation1576 abbreviature1602 abridgement1612 contract1669 contraction1755 shrivel1873 suspension1896 stump word1922 clipping1933 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xix Rvge is the latyn worde. In englyshe it is named shreuels which is a ronnynge togyther of the skinne in a mannes face and necke. 1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 153 We caught an eel, which we skinned, and wore the shrivel for many a day round our ankle. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 163 Nor is any regard for rule or regularity to be seen..in our decurtate cab, cent, chap..or in such shrivels as aid, alms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). shrivelv. /ˈʃrɪv(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s shriule. Etymology: Origin unknown. (Compare Swedish dialect skryvla to wrinkle.) 1. a. intransitive. To become contracted and wrinkled or curled up, as from great heat or cold. Also with up, away. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in rank or condition shrivel1588 degrade1850 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles wizenc890 clinga1000 shrinkc1000 rivelOE snurpc1300 wrinkle1528 warp1579 shrivel1588 pucker1598 shirpc1639 tuck1797 weazen1821 cringle1823 swivel1898 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 13 That shortly the heauens themselues shall shriule away like a scrowle. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Shrivel, to Wrinkle, to run up in Wrinkles or Scrolls. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 312 When the Stalks begin to shrivel at the part next the Branch. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 171 This elegant little Agaric is seldom found in full perfection, as it soon shrivels and loses its brilliant colours. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxxii. 193 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 585 The incipient bunches twist and shrivel up just before coming into bloom. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. 392 Two..ulcers which speedily scabbed, shrunk and shrivelled away. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 457 It forms a papilla..at the apex which shrivels when the spore ripens. passive.1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Cii Hir face shriueled, and parched with the Sunne.1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 27 When Pippins, and other long lasting fruite, begin to be shriueled.1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 110 That his nose might be shrivelled with cold.1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 12 The lamb was shrivelled up to a cinder.1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. iii. 22 So scorched was it..that it was shrivelled to the smallest of creatures. b. transferred and figurative. To be reduced to an inanimate or inefficient condition; (of a person) to shrink physically or mentally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > be unable to do something [verb (intransitive)] > become incapable or powerless shrivel1680 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 60 This Pagan Hierarchy shrivelled up with all the false Deities, and Priests therein. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 128 I swore that my rage and revenge should pursue his enemies, until they shrivelled before me like that scorched-up symbol of annihilation. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 263 I felt his soul shrivel at my gaze. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 37 All life shrivelled into a miserable ‘if’ and an empty ‘might have been’. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady iii. 70 Undeveloped faculties that shrivel for want of using. 2. a. transitive. To cause to be contracted or shrunk into wrinkles. Often with up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles shrenchc950 clinker1495 wizen1513 rivel1543 clinga1547 shrivel1609 warpa1616 pucker1616 plight1638 weazen1821 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease frounce1390 frumple1398 crunklec1400 plighta1425 crinklec1430 crimple1440 rimple1440 rivel1543 wrinkle1543 crease1588 shrivel1609 befrumple1611 frowze1611 wrimple1611 pucker1616 furl1689 ruck1706 runkle1720 crink1821 furrow1853 crumple1858 ruckle1866 bumfle1911 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles viii. 10 A fire from heauen came and shriueld Vp those bodyes. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 34 Lest its new access into the Ayr, should shrivel it. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxiv. 308 Crabtree, shrivelling up his face, like an autumn leaf. 1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 5 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) This..covers the trunk, serving to shrivel the skin, in order to drive off insects. 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred xxxiv That fearful collapse, which..shrivels the most healthy countenance..to the shrunken..image of decrepit old age. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. i. 17 In the tropics a saturated solution is much too strong, and shrivels up delicate tissues. b. transferred and figurative. To reduce to inanition, helplessness, or ineffectualness. ΚΠ 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 30 This is ever the fruit of hard and penurious thoughts of God, that they shrivel up mens hearts too. 1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1862) IV. 266 The want of such a diffusive love shuts up and shrivels the destitute parts. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 109 Wither me and shrivel me, and free me from the dreadful thoughts that tempt me in my youth! 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 68/2 Milton..shrivelled up the lips of his revilers by the austerity of his scorn. 1859 Habits Good Society ix. 284 How the very thought must have shrivelled her up. 1901 Scotsman 12 Mar. 7/4 A passage which the House listened to very closely, fully realising how it finally shrivelled up malignant gossip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1547v.1588
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