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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor
     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) 2.0 : [ 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shrivel
       v 1: wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried
            and shriveled" [syn: shrivel up, shrink, wither]
       2: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank";
          "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
          [syn: shrink]
       [also: shrivelling, shrivelled]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shrivelled
       See shrivel

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shrivelled
     a.
     1 wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of
  the outer layer#Noun has remained constant.
     2 collapsed#Adjective in size#Noun.
     vb.
     (lb en British spelling) (infl of en shrivel  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shrivelled
     a.
     1 wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of
  the outer layer#Noun has remained constant.
     2 collapsed#Adjective in size#Noun.
     vb.
     (lb en British spelling) (infl of en shrivel  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shrivelled
     a.
     1 wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of
  the outer layer#Noun has remained constant.
     2 collapsed#Adjective in size#Noun.
     vb.
     (lb en British spelling) (infl of en shrivel  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shrivelled
     a.
     1 wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of
  the outer layer#Noun has remained constant.
     2 collapsed#Adjective in size#Noun.
     vb.
     (lb en British spelling) (infl of en shrivel  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shrivelled /ʃɹˈɪvəld/
  منكمش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shrivelled /ʃɹˈɪvəld/ 
  scvrklý