transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃrɪv(ə)l ]
( shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled)
Note: in AM, use 'shriveling', 'shriveled'
When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
The plant shrivels and dies.
...dry weather that shrivelled this summer’s crops.
VERB : V , V n
•
Shrivel up means the same as shrivel .
The leaves started to shrivel up.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
• shriv‧elled
It looked old and shrivelled.
ADJ