vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moistureSynset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:- The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changelose freshness, vigor, or vitalitySynset:fade wither
Derivationally Related Form:witheringfading
Hypernyms:disappear go away vanish
Inherited Hypernyms:fadedisappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynset:shriveled shrivelled shrunken wizen wizened
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.all(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureTopic:botanyfloravegetation
Synset:dried-up sear sere shriveled shrivelled
Examples:- dried-up grass
- the desert was edged with sere vegetation
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
- withered vines
Antonyms:wet
Derivationally Related Form:sereness
Inherited Hypernyms:dried-up
Similar to:dry