Shrivel

[shriv·el]

When things shrivel, they wrinkle up and get smaller, the way leaves begin to shrivel and turn brown in the fall.

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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.

Verb
decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

Verb
wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

v. i.
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.

v. t.
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

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'94pling feeble, Dan. skr'94belig, Icel. skrjpr 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.

Shrivel

Shriv"el , v. t. To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

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.

To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

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Usage Examples

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

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