shrivel
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
shrivel (shrivels, present participle shrivelling; past and past participle shrivelled)
- (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
- The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
- (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.
- French: se flétrir
- Italian: afflosciarsi, avvizzire
- Spanish: arrugar
- French: se rider
- German: schrumpeln, verschrumpeln
- Italian: raggrinzire, corrugarsi
- Portuguese: enrugar
- Spanish: arrugar
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