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Shrivelled Common

Shrivelled has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of shrivel

Adjective
1

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

"dried-up grass"

"the desert was edged with sere vegetation"

"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"

"withered vines"

2

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

"the old woman's shriveled skin"

"he looked shriveled and ill"

"a shrunken old man"

"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"

"he did well despite his withered arm"

"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

3

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

"our shriveled receipts during the storm"

"as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"

"the dollar's shrunken buying power"

4

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

Example Sentences
"dried-up grass" adjective
"the desert was edged with sere vegetation" adjective
"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings" adjective
"withered vines" adjective
"the old woman's shriveled skin" adjective
"he looked shriveled and ill" adjective
"a shrunken old man" adjective
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" adjective
"he did well despite his withered arm" adjective
"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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