Verb: shrivel (shrivelled,shrivelling, or [US] shriveled,shriveling) shri-vul
- Decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"
- Become dry, thin and weak or dead due to loss of water
- shrivel up, shrink, wither
Derived forms: shrivelled, shrivelling, shrivels, shriveling
Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, sink
Encyclopedia: Shrivel