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SHRIVEL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture ... 2 ... a ... to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency ... b.
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SHRIVEL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
to become dry, smaller, and covered with lines as if by crushing or folding, or to make something do this: The lack of rain has shriveled ...
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SHRIVEL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
to wither; make or become helpless or useless. shrivel. / ˈʃrɪvəl /. verb. to make or become shrunken and withered. to lose or cause to lose vitality. “ ...
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▪ I. ˈshrivel, n. Also 6 shrevel. [f. shrivel v.] Something shrivelled up; † pl. wrinkles in the skin; a shrivelled skin; a contracted word.1547 Boorde Brev. Health ii. lviii. (1557) C j, Rvge is the latin woorde. In Englishe it is named shreuels whiche is a runninge together of the skyn in a mans f...
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Synonyms of shrivel - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for SHRIVEL: evaporate, drain, dry, wither, scorch, collapse, wilt, fade; Antonyms of SHRIVEL: revive, grow, thrive, flourish, ...
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Shrivel - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
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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Shrivelling
Foods
For example, in raisin production manufacturers shrivel grapes by drying (desiccating) them.
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shrivel | definition for kids - Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary
definition: to cause to wrinkle or become smaller. The hot sun shriveled the tulips in the garden. synonyms: · wither · antonyms: · swell · similar words: ...
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WordSolver.net | Definition of SHRIVEL
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither] · Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His ...
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What is another word for shrivel? | Shrivel Synonyms - WordHippo
To shrink or contract in size. To wither, decay, or to deteriorate in vigor or health. To dehydrate or dry up, shriveling in the process.
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shrivel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb · (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble. The plant shrivelled from lack of water. · (intransitive) To become wrinkled. His fingers were shriveled ...
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shrivel/ˈʃrɪvl; `ʃrɪvl/ v(-ll-; US -l-) [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]~ (sth) (up) (cause sth to) shrink and wrinkle from heat, cold or dryness (使某物)蔫, 萎缩, 枯萎(因热、 冷或乾所致) The leaves shrivelled (up) in the sun. 叶子在阳光下都蔫了. The dry air shrivels the leather. 因空气乾燥, 皮子已起皱了. He has a shrivelled face, ie with many wrink...
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Blue Pearmain
If stored for more than two months, the apples tend to shrivel.
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Apple cultivars
Henry David Thoreau
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shrivelling
▪ I. shrivelling, vbl. n. (ˈʃrɪv(ə)lɪŋ) [f. shrivel v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb shrivel.a 1631 Donne Serm. (1649) II. xv. 126 A shriveling of my flesh with superstitious and meritorious fastings. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 454 Some shriveling of the outward skin of the Bark. 1842 Loudon Suburban ...
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Chysis
They should never be allowed to completely dry out, however, even during the rest period, and the pseudobulbs should never be seen to shrivel.
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