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