SHRIVEL UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shrivel up mean? 

• SHRIVEL UP (verb)
  The verb SHRIVEL UP has 1 sense:

1. wither, as with a loss of moisture

  Familiarity information: SHRIVEL UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHRIVEL UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wither, as with a loss of moisture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither

Context example:

The fruit dried and shriveled

Hypernyms (to "shrivel up" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shrivel up"):

atrophy (undergo atrophy)

blast (shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly)

die back; die down (suffer from a disease that kills shoots)

dry up; mummify (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture)

Sentence frame:

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