shrivel

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: shrĭ'vəl, IPA: /ˈʃrɪvəl/, X-SAMPA: /"SrIv@l/

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  Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.

   I saw him shrivel on the ground in fear.

2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.

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

Translations

collapse inward

• Finnish: romahtaa (fi)
• French: se flétrir

• Serbo-Croatian: zgrčiti se (sh)
• Spanish: derrumbarse (es)

become wrinkled

• Finnish: kurtistua (fi)
• French: se rider (fr)
• German: schrumpeln, verschrumpeln

• Portuguese: enrugar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: smežurati se (sh), sparušiti se (sh)
• Spanish: arrugarse (es)