shrivel

English

Pronunciation

enPR: shrĭ'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɪvəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Verb

shrivel (third-person singular simple present shrivels, present participle (UK) shrivelling or (US) shriveling, simple past and past participle (UK) shrivelled or (US) shriveled)

(intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
(transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

Derived terms

shrivel up

Translations

collapse inward

Czech: scvrknout se pf, zhroutit se
Finnish: romahtaa (fi)
French: se flétrir (fr)
Italian: accartocciare (it)

Maori: tingongo
Serbo-Croatian: zgrčiti se (sh)
Spanish: arrugar (es)
Swedish: krympa (sv), sjunka ihop

become wrinkled

Czech: svraštit se pf
Finnish: kurtistua
French: se rider
German: schrumpeln (de), verschrumpeln (de)
Italian: raggrinzire, avvizzire
Maori: whakatārehe

Persian: ترنجیدن‎‎ (fa) (toronjidan)
Portuguese: enrugar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: smežurati se, sparušiti se (sh)
Spanish: arrugar (es)
Swedish: skrumpna (sv)

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