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shrivelled


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrivel  \Shriv"el\,  v.  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  skr["o]pling  feeble,  Dan.  skr["o]belig,  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 




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