shrivelling

verb

  1. 1

    To collapse inward; to crumble.

    The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
  2. 2

    To become wrinkled.

    His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
  3. 3

    To draw into wrinkles.

    The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or process by which something shrivels.

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