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past tense and past participle shriveled present participle shriveling AmE
[I and T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language]
if something shrivels, or if it is shrivelled, it becomes smaller and its surface becomes covered in lines because it is very dry or old
::The leaves change colour, then shrivel.
-- shrivelled BrE shriveled AmE adj
::a shrivelled apple