Definisjon av shriveled

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av shriveledengelsk.

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Adjective

shriveled - reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
shrivelled, shrunken
shriveled - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "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"
shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
shriveled - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
dried-up, sere, sear, shrivelled, withered
dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
botany, flora, vegetation the branch of biology that studies plants
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Adjektiv

shriveled - Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
shriveled - Collapsed in size.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: shriveled
  • Komparativ: more shriveled
  • Superlativ: most shriveled

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