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SHRIVEL UP

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• SHRIVEL UP (verb)
The verb SHRIVEL UP has 1 sense:

1. wither, as with a loss of moisture

Familiarity information: SHRIVEL UP used as a verb is very rare.

• SHRIVEL UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wither, as with a loss of moisture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither

Context example:

The fruit dried and shriveled

Hypernyms (to "shrivel up" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shrivel up"):

atrophy (undergo atrophy)

die back; die down (suffer from a disease that kills shoots)

dry up; mummify (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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(English proverb)
"The nose didn't smell the rotting head."
(Bhutanese proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Some work, others merely daydream."
(Corsican proverb)

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