shrivel
Pronunciation
  • enPR: shrĭ'vəl, IPA: /ˈʃɹɪvəl/
Verb

shrivel (shrivels, present participle shrivelling; past and past participle shrivelled)

  1. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
    The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
  2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
    His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
  3. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
    The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.
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