shrivel up
EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
shrivel up (third-person singular simple present shrivels up, present participle shriveling up or shrivelling up, simple past and past participle shriveled up or shrivelled up)
- To become completely shriveled; to completely dry up and become wrinkled.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
- "Look! - look! - look! she's shrivelling up! she's turning into a monkey!" and down he fell upon the ground, foaming and gnashing in a fit.
TranslationsEdit
to become completely dry
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