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Meaning of shrivelled

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shrivelled
      adj 1: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
             "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
             vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
             seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: {dried-up}, {sere},
             {sear}, {shriveled}, {shrivelled}, {withered}]
      2: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the
         old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill";
         "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with
         withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well
         despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy
         grey hair" [syn: {shriveled}, {shrivelled}, {shrunken},
         {withered}, {wizen}, {wizened}]
      3: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled
         receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found
         her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying
         power" [syn: {shriveled}, {shrivelled}, {shrunken}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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