Associations to the word «Shrivelled»

Wiktionary

SHRIVEL, verb. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
SHRIVEL, verb. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
SHRIVEL, verb. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.

Dictionary definition

SHRIVEL, verb. Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled".
SHRIVEL, verb. Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope