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1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings";
   - dried-up, sere, sear, shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], withered
    
2. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill";
   - shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
    
3. Reduced in efficacy, vitality or intensity
   "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled";
   - shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], shrunken

1. Become dry, thin and weak or dead due to loss of water
   "The fruit dried and shriveled";
   - shrivel up, shrink, wither
    
2. Decrease in size, range, or extent
   "His earnings shrank"

See also: decreased, dry, lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], reduced, thin

Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen

Encyclopedia: Shrivel