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Webster 1828 Edition


Shriveled

SHRIV'ELED

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Contracted into wrinkles.

Definition 2024


shriveled

shriveled

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Alternative forms

Adjective

shriveled (comparative more shriveled, superlative most shriveled)

  1. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
    A prune is a shriveled plum.
  2. Collapsed in size.

Translations

Verb

shriveled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel

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