shrivel

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
3. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.

Concepten

verschrompelen

ineenkrimpen

krimpen

Synoniemen

wither

shrink

wilt

wrinkle

wizen

dry up

contract

droop

dry out

fade

shrivel up

parch

curl

crumple

deteriorate

dry

languish

cower

rumple

pucker

recoil

reduce

ruck

sear

shorten

wimple

become smaller

crimple

crumple up

dessicate

oddly shaped

addle

waste

cockle

compress

condense

contracted

cringe

crinkle

crouch

curl up

deflate

die back

digest

disintegrate

emaciate

evaporate

fade away

furl

hunch

Vertalingen

flétrir

schrumpfen

schrumpeln

se flétrir

ζαρώνω

courber

ratatiner

verschrumpeln

se racornir

faner

se ratatiner

se faner

dessécher

diminuer

avvizzire

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃɹɪvəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Zweeds: skryvla

In summary

First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).