shrivel

Significado (Inglês)

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

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈʃɹɪvəl/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).

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