Found 3 items, similar to shrivel.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shrivel
melayukan, mengerut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shrivel
shrivel
v 1: wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
“The fruit dried
and shriveled” [syn:
shrivel up,
shrink,
wither]
2: decrease in size, range, or extent;
“His earnings shrank”;
“My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me”
[syn:
shrink]
[also:
shrivelling,
shrivelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shrivel
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.
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Shrivel
\Shriv"el\, v. t.
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto
corruptions.
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