Definition of shriveled Shriveled
/ʃɹɪˈvʌld/ - [shrivuld] -
We found 7 definitions of shriveled from 4 different sources.
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British English
shrivelled - /ʃɹˈɪvəld/
American English
shriveled - /ʃɹɪˈvʌld/
What does shriveled mean?
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| shriveled - reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power" | ||
| shrivelled, shrunken | ||
| shriveled - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" | ||
| shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened | ||
| shriveled - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" | ||
| dried-up, sere, sear, shrivelled, withered | ||
| dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" | ||
| botany, flora, vegetation the branch of biology that studies plants | ||
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- shriveled (imp. & p. p.)
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