SHRIVEL


Meaning of SHRIVEL in English

v.tr. & intr. (shrivelled, shrivelling or US shriveled, shriveling) contract or wither into a wrinkled, folded, rolled-up, contorted, or dried-up state.

[ perh. f. ON: cf. Sw. dial. skryvla to wrinkle ]

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