(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
When something ~s or when something ~s it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
The plant ~s and dies.
...dry weather that ~led this summer’s crops.
VERB: V, V n
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Shrivel up means the same as ~ .
The leaves started to ~ up.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
~led
It looked old and ~led.
ADJ