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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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