Meaning of shrivelled in English
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shrivelledDefinitions
1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureExamples
- « dried-up grass »
- « the desert was edged with sere vegetation »
- « shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings »
- « withered vines »
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- 2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Examples
- « 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 »
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- 3. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Examples
- « our shriveled receipts during the storm »
- « as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled »
- « the dollar's shrunken buying power »
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