shriveled

English

Alternative forms

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

Verb

shriveled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel
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