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shriveled

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shriveled in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (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 
  2. 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 
  3. 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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