Shrivelled

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo collapse inward; to crumble.

"The plant shrivelled from lack of water."

2.verbTo become wrinkled.

"His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long."

3.verbTo draw into wrinkles.

"The hot sun shrivelled the leaves."

4.adjectiveWrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

"A prune is a shrivelled plum."

5.adjectiveCollapsed in size.

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