Dictionary Entry
shrivel
shrivel is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
- 3verb
decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"
"My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
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- 4verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"
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