shrivel

shrivel
'ʃrivl
past tense, past participle - shrivelled; verb
(to make or become dried up, wrinkled and withered: The flowers shrivelled in the heat.) secar, marchitar
shrivel
tr['ʃrɪvəl]
transitive verb (pt & pp shrivelled (|us| shriveled), ger shrivelling (|us| shriveling))
1 secar, marchitar; arrugar
intransitive verb
1 secarse, marchitarse; arrugarse
shrivel ['ʃrɪvəl] vi, -veled or -velled ; -veling or -velling : arrugarse, marchitarse
shrivel
v.
• acorchar v.
• arrugar v.
• avellanar v.
• marchitar v.
'ʃrɪvəl
1.
BrE -ll- shrivel (up) intransitive verb \<\<leaf/plant\>\> marchitarse, secarse*; \<\<fruit/vegetables\>\> resecarse* y arrugarse*, perder* frescura; \<\<skin\>\> ajarse, arrugarse

2.
vt \<\<leaf/plant\>\> secar*, resecar*, marchitar
['ʃrɪvl] (also: shrivel up)
1.
VT [+ plant etc] marchitar, secar; [+ skin] arrugar
2.
VI [plant etc] marchitarse, secarse; [skin etc] arrugarse
* * *
['ʃrɪvəl]
1.
BrE -ll- shrivel (up) intransitive verb \<\<leaf/plant\>\> marchitarse, secarse*; \<\<fruit/vegetables\>\> resecarse* y arrugarse*, perder* frescura; \<\<skin\>\> ajarse, arrugarse

2.
vt \<\<leaf/plant\>\> secar*, resecar*, marchitar

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