Shriveled

['ʃrivəld]

Definition

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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 grey hair' .

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Definition

(imp. & p. p.) of Shrivel

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