1. (

• shrivel ,
• shrivel_up ,
• shrink ,
• wither

) wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" ;

2. (

• shrink ,
• shrivel ,

) decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" ;

1. (

• dried-up ,
• sere ,
• sear ,
• shriveled ,
• shrivelled ,
• withered

) (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" ;

2. (

• shriveled ,
• shrivelled ,
• shrunken ,
• withered ,
• wizen ,
• wizened

) 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" ;

3. (

• shriveled ,
• shrivelled ,
• shrunken

) 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" ;