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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or
     {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 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}

















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