shrivelled

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}, {shrivelled}, {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
       grey hair" [syn: {shriveled}, {shrivelled}, {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}, {shrivelled}, {shrunken}]
    

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. skr["o]pling feeble, Dan. skr["o]belig, Icel.
   skrj?pr brittle, frail.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]