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to shrivel
01
to shrink in size
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
shrivel
3rd person singular
shrivels
Present participle
shrivelling
Past simple
shrivelled
Past participle
shrivelled
Examples
The balloon shrivelled slowly as the air leaked out.
02
to dry up and wither, usually from losing water or vitality
Intransitive
Examples
The flowers shrivelled in the vase after a week without water.
Lexical Tree
shriveled
shrivelled
shrivel
