English > shrivel: 2 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | wither, as with a loss of moisture. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
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| Example | "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
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| Synonyms | shrivel up, shrink, wither |
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| Narrower | atrophy | Undergo atrophy / atrophy |
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| blast | Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly |
| die back, die down | Suffer from a disease that kills shoots |
| mummify, dry up | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
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| Spanish | consumirse, debilitarse, encoger, languidecer, marchitarse, marchitar, mermar, mustiarse, mustiar |
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| Catalan | debilitar-se, emmusteir-se, marcir-se, marcir, mustiar-se, mustiar, mustigar-se, mustigar, pansir-se, pansir |
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