Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shrivel
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Shrivel
shrivel
also shrivel up ~ v shrivelled, shrivelling BrE, shriveled, shriveling AmE if something shrivels or is shrivelled, it becomes smaller and its surface is covered in lines because it is very dry or old (The grapes are left out in the sun to shrivel up and become raisins.) - shrivelled adj (Mrs Carey was a tiny, shrivelled old lady.)
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(shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled) Note: in AM, use 'shriveling', 'shriveled' 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. The plant shrivels and dies. ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer’s crops. VERB: V, V n • Shrivel up means the same as shrivel. The leaves started to shrivel up. PHRASAL VERB: V P • shrivelled It looked old and shrivelled. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or ~ling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1565 intransitive verb 1. to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture 2. a. to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency b. dwindle transitive verb to cause to ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. & intr. (shrivelled, shrivelling or US shriveled, shriveling) contract or wither into a wrinkled, folded, rolled-up, contorted, or dried-up state. Etymology: perh. f. ON: cf. Sw. dial. skryvla to wrinkle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. (также shrivel up, shrivel away) высыхать, вянуть; сморщиваться; съеживаться (от жары, холода) in the drought the leaves shrivelled up and died —- во время засухи листья пожухли и облетели talents that shrivel for want of use —- таланты, увядающие без применения 2. высушивать, вызывать увядание; сморщивать the leaves are shrivelled up by the frost —- мороз побил листья ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) сморщивать(ся); съеживаться, ссыхаться (тж. shrivel up, shrivel away); Its late in the year and the leaves have all shrivelled up now. 2) делать(ся) бесполезным; (тж. shrivel up, shrivel away) 3) coll. съеживаться, стараться стать незаметным (от страха и т.п.); Why do you always seem to shrivel up when we meet new people? ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1568, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. Swed. skryvla "to shrivel"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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