shrivel

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. wither, as with a loss of moisture
- The fruit dried and shriveled
• Syn:
shrivel up, shrink, wither
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Hyponyms:
atrophy, blast, die back, die down, mummify, dry up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. decrease in size, range, or extent
- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
• Syn:
shrink
• Derivationally related forms:
shrinking (for: shrink)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Their earnings shrivel this year

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shrink, shrivel up, wither