Definitions of shrivel [ˈʃrɪv əl]

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Definition of 'shrivel'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) shrivel
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.

2. shrivel
to wither; make or become helpless or useless:
shriveled from fear.

Etymology: (1595–1605; akin to dial. Sw skryvla to wrinkle)

Definition of 'shrivel'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"

2. (verb) shrink, shrivel
decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

Definition of 'shrivel'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shrivel
to become dry and withered
tomato plants that shriveled up in the heat

Definition of 'shrivel'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) shrivel
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

2. (verb) shrivel
to cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions

Translation of 'shrivel'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make or become dried up, wrinkled and withered The flowers shrivelled in the heat.
Afrikaans: verskrompel	Arabic: يَتَغَضَّن، يَجِف	Bulgarian: съсухрям се
Brazilian: murchar	Czech: zvadnout, seschnout	German: verwelken
Danish: visne	Greek: μαραίνω, μαραίνομαι, ξερα	Spanish: secar, marchitar
Estonian: närtsitama, närtsima	Farsi: چروك شدن	Finnish: käpristyä
French: (se) flétrir	Hebrew: לְהִצטַמֵק	Hindi: कुम्हलाना
Croatian: zgrčiti se, smežurati se	Hungarian: összeszárad	Indonesian: mengerut
Icelandic: þurrka upp; skreppa saman	Italian: avvizzire	Japanese: しなびさせる
Korean: 시들다	Lithuanian: nuvysti, sudžiovinti	Latvian: saraukt; sačokurot; sačok
Malay: menyebabkan sesuatu kerin	Dutch: verschrompelen	Norwegian: visne, krølle seg sammen
Polish: zeschnąć się, wysuszyć	Persian: چروك شدن	Pashto: ګونجي كېدل: مړاوى كېدل، ز
Portuguese: engelhar	Romanian: a (se) veşteji	Russian: высыхать; сморщиваться
Slovak: zoschnúť, zošúveriť (sa),	Slovenian: posušiti (se)	Serbian: smežurati se
Swedish: vissna, torka, skrumpna	Thai: ทำให้ย่น	Turkish: buruş(tur)mak, büz(ül)mek
Taiwanese: (使)枯萎	Ukrainian: зморщувати(ся); зсихатися	Urdu: مرجھانا، سکڑ کر شکل بدلنا
Vietnamese: làm nhăn lại, làm co lại	Chinese: 枯萎
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