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Verb: shrivel (shrivelled,shrivelling, or [US] shriveled,shriveling)  shri-vul
  1. Decrease in size, range, or extent
    "His earnings shrank"
     
  2. 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