📖 Definitions of "Shriveled"
verb
- 1
To collapse inward; to crumble.
"The plant shrivelled from lack of water."
- 2
To become wrinkled.
"His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long."
- 3
To draw into wrinkles.
"The hot sun shrivelled the leaves."
adjective
- 1
Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
"A prune is a shriveled plum."
- 2
Collapsed in size.
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