Dictionary

shrivelled en · ADJ

Etymology

Equivalent to shrivel + -ed.

Meanings

1. (UK) Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
   • All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. 1847 December, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Parsonage”, in Agnes Grey. […], London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 1:
   • A prune is a shrivelled plum.
2. (UK) Collapsed in size.

Forms

Deriveds

unshrivelled

Translations (3)

grc ἰσχνός (wrinkled due to reduced area) · la marcidus (wrinkled due to reduced area) · mi whewhengi (wrinkled due to reduced area)

shrivelled en · VERB

Etymology

Equivalent to shrivel + -ed.

Meanings

1. (UK, form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of shrivel
   form of shrivel

Forms

Relateds

shrivel up