shrivel

(shrĭv'əl)
intr. & tr.v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els.

1. To become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying: Leaves die, fall, and shrivel. The heat shriveled the unwatered seedlings.
2. To lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity: My enthusiasm shriveled as the project wore on. Inflation shriveled the buying power of the dollar.
3. To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle.

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has inflected forms shrivelled, shrivelling, and in American English usually shriveled, shriveling.

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verb

To make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of moisture: dry up, mummify, sear, wither, wizen. See dry/wet.

v

Definition: dehydrate, dry up
Antonyms: enlarge, expand, grow, plump up, unwrinkle

For a list of words related to shriveled, see:

• Small, short, or thin
• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - visne, skrumpe ind
v. tr. - få til at visne, få til at skrumpe ind

Nederlands (Dutch)
ineenschrompelen, verschrompelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - se ratatiner, se dessécher, se flétrir
v. tr. - flétrir, dessécher

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschrumpeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συρρικνώνομαι, κατσιάζω, ζαρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
raggrinzirsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enrugar, (fig.) atrofiar

Русский (Russian)
высыхать, сморщиваться, высушивать, вызывать увядание, сморщивать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - marchitarse, secarse, arrugarse, consumirse, mermar, declinar, agotarse, disiparse, desvanecerse
v. tr. - arrugar, fruncir, encoger, mermar, marchitar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skrumpna, göra rynkig, förtorka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
枯萎, 皱缩, 干枯, 变得束手无策, 使枯萎, 使干枯, 使束手无策, 使皱缩, 使无能为力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 枯萎, 皺縮, 乾枯, 變得束手無策
v. tr. - 使枯萎, 使乾枯, 使束手無策, 使皺縮, 使無能為力

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 주름살지다, 위축되다, 시들다
v. tr. - 주름지게 하다, 시들게 하다, 못쓰게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …がしなびる, …がしぼむ, 縮ませる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يذبل, يذوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הצטמק, כמש‬
v. tr. - ‮צימק, ייבש‬

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