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Adjective: shrivelled
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=shriveled)
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled [US], withered - Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- shriveled [US], shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
- shriveled [US], shrunken
Verb: shrivel (shrivelled,shrivelling, or [US] shriveled,shriveling) shrivul- Wither, as with a loss of moisture
- shrivel up, shrink, wither - Decrease in size, range, or extent
- shrink
See also: decreased, dry, lean, reduced, thin Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen Encyclopedia: Shrivel |