Shrivel

Verb
(UK) (US)


 * 1)  To collapse inward; to crumble.
 * I saw him shrivel on the ground in fear.
 * 1)  To become wrinkled.
 * His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.

Adverbs for Shrivel
abnormally; prematurely; markedly; partially; ruinously; sadly; tragically.

Thesaurus
Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cheat the undertaker, consume, contract, cure, curl up, decline, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder, drain, droop, dry, dry up, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fail, fire, flag, fossilize, get along, get on, grow old, insolate, kiln, languish, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, pine, preshrink, pucker up, rub, scorch, sear, shake, shrink, shrivel up, sink, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, totter, towel, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste, waste away, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen, wrinkle

Translations

 * French: se flétrir


 * Serbo-Croatian: zgrčiti se
 * Spanish: derrumbarse


 * French: se rider
 * German: schrumpeln, verschrumpeln


 * Serbo-Croatian: smežurati se, sparušiti se
 * Spanish: arrugarse