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    SHRIVELED

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensityplay

    Example:

    the dollar's shrunken buying power

    Synonyms:

    shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessplay

    Example:

    a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

    Synonyms:

    shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken; withered; wizen; wizened

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureplay

    Example:

    withered vines

    Synonyms:

    dried-up; sear; sere; shriveled; shrivelled; withered

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)

    Domain category:

    botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Past simple / past participle of the verb shrivel

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