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Definition of shrivel verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

shrivel

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈʃrɪvl//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shrivel
 
he / she / it shrivels
 
past simple shriveled (Canadian English usually)shrivelled
 
-ing form shriveling (Canadian English usually)shrivelling
 
 
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to become or make something dry and wrinkled as a result of heat, cold, or being old shrivel (up) The leaves on the plant had shriveled up from lack of water. shrivel something (up) The hot weather shriveled the grapes in every vineyard.
shriveled (Canadian English usually shrivelled)
 
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adjective a shriveled old manSee shrivel in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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