shrivelled
About 0.28 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
A prune is a shrivelled plum.
- adjective Collapsed in size.
- verb simple past and past participle of shrivel
Similar words
shrunken withered wizened wizen sear thin reduced lean sere dry
Often followed by
and up to old in into by skin hand
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