shrivelled

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English

Definitions

verb

To collapse inward; to crumble.“The plant shrivelled from lack of water.”
To become wrinkled.“His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.”
To draw into wrinkles.“The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.”

adjective

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.“A prune is a shrivelled plum.”
Collapsed in size.

Related words

Synonyms

shrunken withered wizened wizen sear thin reduced lean sere dry decreased dried-up creased crozzled wrinkly crumpled

Associated

hand appearance

Rhymes

swivelled shoveled sniveled shovelled snivelled drivelled

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