shriveled

shriveled

English

Alternative forms

• shrivelled (UK)

Adjective

shriveled (comparative more shriveled, superlative most shriveled)

1. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

   A prune is a shriveled plum.

2. 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 (hæŋ³)

Thai: please add this translation if you can Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Verb

shriveled

1. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel

Related terms

• shrivel up