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Translations for 'shrivel'
- British English: shrivel When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains. VERBThe plant shrivels and dies.
- Brazilian Portuguese: enrugar
- Chinese: 枯萎
- European Spanish: arrugar
- French: se flétrir
- German: schrumpfen
- Italian: avvizzire
- Japanese: しなびさせる/しなびる
- Korean: 쪼글쪼글 오그라들다
- Portuguese: enrugar
- Spanish: resecarse
Example Sentences Including 'shrivel'
But Ottawa, like San Jose, Calif., at the heart of the real Silicon Valley, has seen technology activity shrivel.Globe and Mail (2003)
If the shock of capture made him shrivel at least he could contemplate a long stretch in prison!Sun, News of the World (2002)
Like a tiny seed, the strength of his convictions slowly began to shrivel.SEA MUSIC (2003)
My insides curl and shrivel , I am dying, slowly, by inches.A Means to Evil
The former is ruined early in its life by the virus disease, leaf shrivel.Misc (1995)
The leaves eventually turn black and rot if wet or simply shrivel up if dry.Glasgow Herald (2001)
They could only leave their pond for a few minutes before they began to shrivel up and die.A Body Surrounded by Water
This may wash off the fruit's natural wax, making it more likely to shrivel and decay.New Scientist (1998)
it1p6 Who would have thought my shrivel 'd heart Could have recover'd greennesse?JOURNEY TO THE HOLY MOUNTAIN: Meditations on Mount Athos (2004)
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