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shrivelled

verb

Meaning

  1. To collapse inward; to crumble.
  2. To become wrinkled.
  3. To draw into wrinkles.
  4. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
  5. Collapsed in size.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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