shrivel
31ˌshrivel ˈup — (present participle shrivelling; past tense and past participle shrivelled) verb [I] if something such as a plant shrivels, it becomes smaller, thinner, and drier, and it does not look fresh and healthy shrivelled [ˈʃrɪv(ə)ld] adj …
32shrivel — shriv•el [[t]ˈʃrɪv əl[/t]] v. t. v. i. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness 2) to wither; make or become helpless or useless: shriveled from fear[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605;… …
33shrivel — [c]/ˈʃrɪvəl / (say shrivuhl) verb (shrivelled or, US, shriveled, shrivelling or, US, shriveling) –verb (i) 1. to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat or cold. 2. to wither; become impotent. –verb (t) 3. (of heat or cold, etc.) to make… …
34shrivel — v.tr. & intr. (shrivelled, shrivelling or US shriveled, shriveling) contract or wither into a wrinkled, folded, rolled up, contorted, or dried up state. Etymology: perh. f. ON: cf. Sw. dial. skryvla to wrinkle …
35Shriveled — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {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.… …
36Shriveling — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {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.… …
37Shrivelled — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {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.… …
38Shrivelling — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {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.… …
39wither — witheredness, n. witherer, n. witheringly, adv. /widh euhr/, v.i. 1. to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine. 2. to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often fol. by away). v.t. 3. to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as… …
40wither — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. waste, decline, droop, wilt, fade, decay; contract, shrivel, pine, decline, languish; blast, destroy, burn, scorch; cut, scathe. See deterioration, dryness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shrivel, shrink,… …
