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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shrivel \shriv"el\, v. i. imp.  p. p. shriveledor
   shrivelled; p. pr.  vb. n. shriveling or shrivelling.
   probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. as. screpa to
   pine away, norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory,
   frail, sw. skr"opling feeble, dan. skr"obelig, icel.
   skrj?pr brittle, frail.
   to draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form
   corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin
   shrivels with age; -- often with up.
   1913 webster
see also:
shriveled shrivelled shriveling shrivelling 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
shrivelled
     adj 1: used especially of vegetation having lost all moisture;
            "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
            vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
            seedlings"; "withered vines" syn: dried-up, sere,
             sear, shriveled, withered
     2: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "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 gray hair" syn: shriveled, shrunken, withered,
         wizen, wizened
     3: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled
        receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she
        found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken
        buying power" syn: shriveled, shrunken
see also:
dried-up sere sear shriveled withered shrunken 
wizen wizened 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
shrivel
     v 1: wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "the fruit dried
          and shriveled" syn: shrivel up, shrink, wither
     2: decrease in size, range, or extent; "his earnings shrank";
        "my courage shrivelled when i saw the task before me"
        syn: shrink
     also: shrivelling, shrivelled
see also:
shrivel up shrink wither shrivelling shrivelled 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
shrivelled
     see shrivel
see also:
shrivel 

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