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Shrivelled

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Definitions for Shrivelled

adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
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Examples
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
adjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
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Examples
  1. the old woman's shriveled skin
  2. he looked shriveled and ill
  3. a shrunken old man
  4. a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  5. he did well despite his withered arm
  6. a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
adjective
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
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Examples
  1. our shriveled receipts during the storm
  2. as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
  3. the dollar's shrunken buying power

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