Found 3 hits - Term: shrivelling, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [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
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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
shrivelling
see shrivel
see also:
shrivel
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