vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moistureSynset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:- The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedecrease in size, range, or extentSynset:shrink shrivel
Examples:- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Derivationally Related Form:shrinking
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: shrivel, shrink)
adj satadj.all(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureTopic:botanyfloravegetation
Synset:dried-up sear sere shrivelled withered
Examples:- dried-up grass
- the desert was edged with sere vegetation
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
- withered vines
Antonyms:wet
Derivationally Related Form:sereness
Inherited Hypernyms:dried-up
Similar to:dry
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynset:shrivelled shrunken withered wizen wizened
Examples:- the old woman's shriveled skin
- he looked shriveled and ill
- a shrunken old man
- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
- he did well despite his withered arm
- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.allreduced in efficacy or vitality or intensitySynset:shrivelled shrunken
Examples:- our shriveled receipts during the storm
- as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
- the dollar's shrunken buying power
Antonyms:increased
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:decreased reduced