shrivel
sh ri vuhl
- v wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled - v decrease in size, range, or extent
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
- Is this the deal to save California or shrivel it? Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced a budget deal on July 20 that closes the state's staggering .
- He thinks the latter will soon be exposed to the majority as wordly operators rather than God's servants and shrivel away.
- I never smoked pot in junior high because I was convinced it would shrivel my incipient manhood.