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Webster 1913 Edition
Shrivel
Shriv′el
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shriveled
or 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. skröpling
feeble, Dan. skröbelig
, Icel. skrj[GREEK]pr
brittle, frail.] To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations;
as, a leaf
; – often with up. shriveles
in the hot sun; the skin shrivels
with ageShriv′el
,Verb.
T.
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shrivel
SHRIVEL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
shrivel
shrivel
English
Verb
shrivel (third-person singular simple present shrivels, present participle (UK) shrivelling or (US) shriveling, simple past and past participle (UK) shrivelled or (US) shriveled)
- (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
- I saw him shrivel on the ground in fear.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
- (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
- The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.
Derived terms
Translations
collapse inward
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become wrinkled
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