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verb : SHRIVELLED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" ;
Adjective : SHRIVELLED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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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" ;
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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 grey hair" ;
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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" ;
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