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SHRIVELLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Example:
the dollar's shrunken buying power
Synonyms:
shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken
Classified under:
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Example:
a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Synonyms:
shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken; withered; wizen; wizened
Classified under:
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Example:
withered vines
Synonyms:
dried-up; sear; sere; shriveled; shrivelled; withered
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Domain category:
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb shrivel
