shriveled

English

Alternative forms

shrivelled (UK)

Adjective

shriveled (comparative more shriveled, superlative most shriveled) (American spelling)

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
A prune is a shriveled plum.
Collapsed in size. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Translations

Japanese: ひからびた
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: viētus
Lü: ᦠᦶᧂᧉ (ḣaeng²)
Swedish: skrumpen (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

See also

dried up (adj)

Verb

shriveled

(American spelling) simple past and past participle of shrivel

Related terms

shrivel up

See also

dry up (verb)

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