1. Verb
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
2. Verb
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
3. Verb
decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
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4. Verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
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