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Bookmark or Share- SHRIVEL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto become dry, smaller, and covered with lines as if by crushing or folding, or to make something do this: The lack of rain has shrivelled the crops. You ought to pick that lettuce before it shrivels (up) and dies. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to lose moisture and become dry. dry It will take three hours for the paint to dry.
- SHRIVELED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryadjective. US (UK shrivelled) us / ˈʃrɪv. ə ld / uk / ˈʃrɪv. ə ld / Add to word list. dry, smaller than normal, and covered with lines as if by crushing or folding: Those oranges were looking old and shriveled, so I threw them out. All I had was two shriveled potatoes. a bent and shriveled old man. much smaller than is needed or wanted:
- SHRIVEL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comverb (used with or without object) , shriv·eled, shriv·el·ing or (especially British) shriv·elled, shriv·el·ling. to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness. Synonyms: shrink. to wither; make or become helpless or useless. shrivel.
- Shrivel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture. 2. a. : to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency. b. : dwindle. transitive verb. : to cause to shrivel. Examples of shrivel in a Sentence. plants shriveling in the heat.
- Shriveled - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comadjective. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. “the old woman's shriveled skin”. “he looked shriveled and ill”. synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened. lean, thin. lacking excess flesh. adjective. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
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