shrivel
intransitive & transitive verbTo become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying.
intransitive & transitive verbTo lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity.
intransitive & transitive verbTo become or make much less or smaller; dwindle.
To contract; draw or be drawn into wrinkles; shrink and form corrugations, as a leaf in the hot sun, or the skin with age.
Synonyms To shrivel is to become wrinkled or corrugated by contraction; to shrink is, as a rule, to contract while preserving the same general form.
To contract into wrinkles; cause to shrink into corrugations.
To make narrow; limit in scope.
To wither; blight; render impotent.
intransitive verbTo draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; ; — often with
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.