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a) Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
A prune is a shriveled plum.
b) Collapsed in size.See Also: shrivel up
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shriveled — adjective 1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture (Freq. 1) dried up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines • Syn: ↑dried up, ↑s … Useful english dictionary
Shriveled — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shriveled — Synonyms and related words: Lilliputian, Sanforized, Tom Thumb, adust, anile, atrophied, attenuated, baked, brittle, burnt, cadaverous, consumed, corky, corpselike, crabbed, debilitated, decrepit, dehydrated, desiccated, doddered, doddering,… … Moby Thesaurus
shriveled — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shrunken, withered, dried up, dehydrated, desiccated, wasted away, wilted, wrinkled, wizened, contracted, deflated. ANT.: swollen, plump, ballooning … English dictionary for students
shriveled — , shriveling … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
shriveled — adj. wrinkled and shrunken, dried out, withered shriv·el || ʃrɪvl v. shrink and dry up, wither; cause to wither, cause to dry out; dwindle, decline, decrease in strength or intensity … English contemporary dictionary
shriveled — UK [ˈʃrɪv(ə)ld] / US shrivel … English dictionary
wizened — Shriveled … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
shrivelled — adjective 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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shrunken — adjective 1. 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… … Useful english dictionary
