Dictionary

shrivel en · VERB

Pronunciation

• shrĭ'vəl
• (US) audio
• /ˈʃɹɪvəl/

Etymology

First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
   • This Upside Down economy was the product, Hansen said, of a shriveling population, the closing of the frontier and the maturing of industries. 2019 August 13, Greg Rosalsky, “Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2020:
   • The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
   • His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
3. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
   • The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

Forms

Deriveds

shriveler · shrivel up

Translations (50)

sh sparušiti se (become wrinkled) · cs svraštit se (become wrinkled) · gl enrugar (become wrinkled) · de verschrumpeln (become wrinkled) · zh 起皺 /起皱 (become wrinkled) · fi kurtistua (become wrinkled) · es arrugarse (collapse inward) · ca assecar-se (collapse inward) · sv skrumpna (become wrinkled) · it corrugarsi (become wrinkled) · gl murchar (collapse inward) · it raggrinzire (become wrinkled) · fa ترنجیدن (become wrinkled) · txb klaiks- (collapse inward) · it afflosciarsi (collapse inward) · mi whakatārehe (become wrinkled) · sv krympa (collapse inward) · sh zgrčiti se (collapse inward) · es enrugar (draw into wrinkles) · pt murchar (collapse inward) · zh 向內捲曲 /向内卷曲 (collapse inward) · bg изсъхвам (collapse inward) · mi memenge (collapse inward) · zh 弄皺 /弄皱 (draw into wrinkles) · es arrugarse (become wrinkled) · bg сбръчквам се (become wrinkled) · cs scvrknout se (collapse inward) · ota قورومق (collapse inward) · fr rider (draw into wrinkles) · it avvizzire (collapse inward) · cs zhroutit se (collapse inward) · mi tingongo (collapse inward) · de schrumpeln (become wrinkled) · fi romahtaa (collapse inward) · ca marcir-se (collapse inward) · uz quvramoq (collapse inward) · es arrugar (draw into wrinkles) · mi menge (collapse inward) · ca arrugar-se (become wrinkled) · sv sjunka ihop (collapse inward) · fr se rider (become wrinkled) · pt enrugar (draw into wrinkles) · gl enrugar (draw into wrinkles) · txb stāl- (collapse inward) · nl verschrompelen (collapse inward) · la marceō (collapse inward) · pt enrugar (become wrinkled) · ca arrugar (draw into wrinkles) · fr se flétrir (collapse inward) · sh smežurati se (become wrinkled)