Shriv·el v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveled or Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.]  To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.


 shrivelled
      adj 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, shriveled, withered]
      2: 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 withered arm"; "a wizened little man with
         frizzy gray hair" [syn: shriveled, shrunken, withered,
          wizen, wizened]
      3: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled
         receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she
         found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken
         buying power" [syn: shriveled, shrunken]


 shrivel
      v 1: wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried
           and shriveled" [syn: shrivel up, shrink, wither]
      2: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank";
         "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
         [syn: shrink]
      [also: shrivelling, shrivelled]


 shrivelled
      See shrivel