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Definitions for Shriveled
shriv·eled
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Princeton's WordNet
dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizenedadjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunkenadjective
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
"our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
Wiktionary
shriveledadjective
Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
shriveledadjective
Collapsed in size.
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shriveled
Shriveled typically refers to something that has become wrinkled or withered due to loss of moisture, often as a result of age, heat or disease. It can be used to describe anything from plants, vegetables, to body parts such as skin. The term is often used in the context of something that has lost its vitality or freshness.
Webster Dictionary
Shriveled
of Shrivel
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shriveled in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shriveled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Shriveled in a Sentence
Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.
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