Meaning of shrivelled in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    shrivelled

    Definitions

    1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

    Examples

    • « dried-up grass »
    • « the desert was edged with sere vegetation »
    • « shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings »
    • « withered vines »

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  2. 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. 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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