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SHRIVEL UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wither, as with a loss of moisture
Example:
The fruit dried and shriveled
Synonyms:
shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "shrivel up" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shrivel up"):
atrophy (undergo atrophy)
blast (shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly)
die back; die down (suffer from a disease that kills shoots)
dry up; mummify (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
