'Shrivel' definitions:
Definition of 'shrivel'
From: WordNet
verb
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither]
verb
Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: shrink, shrivel]
Definition of 'Shrivel'
From: GCIDE
- Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skr["o]pling feeble, Dan. skr["o]belig, Icel. skrj?pr brittle, frail.] To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shrivel'
From: GCIDE
- Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. t. To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shrivel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age,
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- attenuate,
- bake,
- blot,
- brush,
- burn,
- cheat the undertaker,
- consume,
- contract,
- cure,
- curl up,
- decline,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- diminish,
- dodder,
- drain,
- droop,
- dry,
- dry up,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- evaporate,
- exsiccate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fail,
- fire,
- flag,
- fossilize,
- get along,
- get on,
- grow old,
- insolate,
- kiln,
- languish,
- macerate,
- mummify,
- mummy,
- parch,
- pine,
- preshrink,
- pucker up,
- rub,
- Sanforize,
- scorch,
- sear,
- shake,
- shrink,
- shrivel up,
- sink,
- smoke,
- soak up,
- sponge,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- thin,
- torrefy,
- totter,
- towel,
- turn gray,
- turn white,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weazen,
- welter,
- wilt,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen,
- wrinkle