Shriveled Definition

adjective

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

A prune is a shriveled plum.
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Collapsed in size.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of shrivel.

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Shriveled Sentence Examples

  • Her face had shriveled, her upper lip had sunk in, and her eyes were dim.

  • It grew to her height as she watched and then bloomed into an orange-pink flower the size of her head, shriveled and died, and returned.

  • The clever journalist shriveled into the recesses of her mind.

  • Such difficulties hit poor farmers hardest, as they have less access to irrigation, and can least afford the loss from shriveled grain.

  • By 2.8 million years, humid woodland had shriveled away, leaving wide belts of open terrain in its place.

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