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Shriveled

To collapse inward; to crumble.

📖 Definitions of "Shriveled"

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."

adjective
  1. 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. 2

    Collapsed in size.

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