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Definition of Shrivels

Shrivel
Shrivel Shriv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor 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.
Shrivel
Shrivel Shriv"el, v. t. To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Meaning of Shrivels from wikipedia

- Shrivelling is a natural phenomenon where an object, with an attached sub-elastic covering, has its interior volume reduced in some way. The covering...
- of six days. Each frame is approximately 12 hours apart, as the fruit shrivels and becomes covered with mold. Supernova Gamma ray bursts Quasars Blazars...
- the last thirty years of global neoliberalism have witnessed a rapid shriveling of social programs that protect citizens from cyclical instability and...
- of The New York Times said Affleck was "lost" in the role: "Affleck is shriveled by the one-dimensional role ... [Only his scenes with Jon Favreau have]...
- the last thirty years of global neoliberalism have witnessed a rapid shriveling of social programs that protect citizens from cyclical instability and...
- the shrinking of the noble forests. And we know that such catastrophes shrivel the spirit of the people... The wilderness is pushed back, man is everywhere...
- within producing haploid meiospores. As the sporangia mature, the indusium shrivels so that spore release is unimpeded. The sporangia then burst and release...
- family. It was described as similar to a "piece of leather or a small, shriveled eel". Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean after...
- If its tentacles are broken off, they can grow back quickly. Its body shrivels up while outside of water, but its poison does not. Though it is visually...
- the grafting succeeded before that by seeing whether the bud swells or shrivels. The next spring, all other shoots than that from the scion bud are removed...