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The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.
Anne Lamott

Meaning of "shrivel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHRIVEL

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect skryvla wrinkle.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHRIVEL

shrivel  [ˈʃrɪvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHRIVEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shrivel is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shrivel in English.

WHAT DOES SHRIVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shrivel

Shrivelling

Shrivelling is a natural phenomenon where an object, with an attached sub-elastic covering, has its interior volume reduced in some way. The covering, which cannot contract any further, is then obliged to wrinkle and buckle, in order to preserve surface area while containing the lesser volume.

Definition of shrivel in the English dictionary

The definition of shrivel in the dictionary is to make or become shrunken and withered. Other definition of shrivel is to lose or cause to lose vitality.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHRIVEL

PRESENT

Present
I shrivel
you shrivel
he/she/it shrivels
we shrivel
you shrivel
they shrivel
Present continuous
I am shrivelling
you are shrivelling
he/she/it is shrivelling
we are shrivelling
you are shrivelling
they are shrivelling
Present perfect
I have shrivelled
you have shrivelled
he/she/it has shrivelled
we have shrivelled
you have shrivelled
they have shrivelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been shrivelling
you have been shrivelling
he/she/it has been shrivelling
we have been shrivelling
you have been shrivelling
they have been shrivelling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shrivelled
you shrivelled
he/she/it shrivelled
we shrivelled
you shrivelled
they shrivelled
Past continuous
I was shrivelling
you were shrivelling
he/she/it was shrivelling
we were shrivelling
you were shrivelling
they were shrivelling
Past perfect
I had shrivelled
you had shrivelled
he/she/it had shrivelled
we had shrivelled
you had shrivelled
they had shrivelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been shrivelling
you had been shrivelling
he/she/it had been shrivelling
we had been shrivelling
you had been shrivelling
they had been shrivelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shrivel
you will shrivel
he/she/it will shrivel
we will shrivel
you will shrivel
they will shrivel
Future continuous
I will be shrivelling
you will be shrivelling
he/she/it will be shrivelling
we will be shrivelling
you will be shrivelling
they will be shrivelling
Future perfect
I will have shrivelled
you will have shrivelled
he/she/it will have shrivelled
we will have shrivelled
you will have shrivelled
they will have shrivelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shrivelling
you will have been shrivelling
he/she/it will have been shrivelling
we will have been shrivelling
you will have been shrivelling
they will have been shrivelling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shrivel
you would shrivel
he/she/it would shrivel
we would shrivel
you would shrivel
they would shrivel
Conditional continuous
I would be shrivelling
you would be shrivelling
he/she/it would be shrivelling
we would be shrivelling
you would be shrivelling
they would be shrivelling
Conditional perfect
I would have shrivel
you would have shrivel
he/she/it would have shrivel
we would have shrivel
you would have shrivel
they would have shrivel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shrivelling
you would have been shrivelling
he/she/it would have been shrivelling
we would have been shrivelling
you would have been shrivelling
they would have been shrivelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shrivel
we let´s shrivel
you shrivel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shrivel
Past participle
shrivelled
Present Participle
shrivelling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHRIVEL


archrival
ˌɑːtʃˈraɪvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
aval
ˈeɪvəl
bedrivel
bɪˈdrɪvəl
carnival
ˈkɑːnɪvəl
cavel
ˈkeɪvəl
civil
ˈsɪvəl
drivel
ˈdrɪvəl
estival
iːˈstaɪvəl
festival
ˈfɛstɪvəl
frivol
ˈfrɪvəl
gingival
ˈdʒɪndʒɪvəl
naval
ˈneɪvəl
navel
ˈneɪvəl
Percival
ˈpɜːsɪvəl
revival
rɪˈvaɪvəl
rival
ˈraɪvəl
rivel
ˈrɪvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl
swivel
ˈswɪvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHRIVEL

shrinelike
shrink
shrink fit
shrink wrap
shrink-wrap
shrink-wrapped
shrink-wrapping
shrinkable
shrinkage
shrinker
shrinking
shrinking violet
shrinkingly
shrinkpack
shritch
shrive
shrivelled
shrivelling
shriven
shriver

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHRIVEL

A level
A-level
air travel
entry-level
gravel
high-level
level
low-level
marvel
novel
on a level
on the level
revel
sea level
shovel
snivel
the novel
time travel
top-level
travel

Synonyms and antonyms of shrivel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHRIVEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shrivel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shrivel

Translation of «shrivel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHRIVEL

Find out the translation of shrivel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shrivel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shrivel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

枯萎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrugar
570 millions of speakers

English

shrivel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुंहलाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сморщиваются
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enrugar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোঁচকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se flétrir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shrivel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schrumpfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しなびさせる/しなびる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쪼글쪼글 오그라들다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kurang ajar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

co lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुष्क होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büzmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avvizzire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kurczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зморщуються
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se contracta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shrivel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rimpelen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrumpna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrumpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shrivel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHRIVEL»

The term «shrivel» is regularly used and occupies the 105.721 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHRIVEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shrivel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shrivel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shrivel

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3 QUOTES WITH «SHRIVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shrivel.
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Regina Brett
Cancer is a great wake-up call. A call to take the tag off the new lingerie and wear that black lacy slip. To open the box of pearls and put them on. To crack open the bath oil beads before they shrivel up in a bowl on the toilet tank.
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Anne Lamott
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.
3
Wallace Stevens
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHRIVEL»

Discover the use of shrivel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shrivel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Marketing Research Report
No shrivel (zero) denotes field-fresh condition with no visible wrinkling. For example, on an apple with a shrivel rating of "zero," no visible wrinkling is produced by light thumb and finger pressure. Trace shrivel shows no visible wrinkling without ...
United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1977
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Olive Production Manual
Insufficient soil moisture during these months reduces shoot growth and carbohydrate production and, if severe enough, causes fruit shrivel. Shriveled fruit recover with irrigation but may shrivel again during processing. Final fruit size may also ...
G. Steven Sibbett, Louise Ferguson, Margaret Lindstrand, 2005
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Postharvest Physiology and Hypobaric Storage of Fresh Produce
6.11 Skin Shrivel and 'Peel Puffing' The likelihood that skin shrivel will develop during storage depends mainly on the ambient temperature and humidity, the commodity's transpirational resistance and respiration rate, and the presence or ...
Stanley P. Burg, 2004
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Organic Apple Production Manual
Growth of decay organisms is greatly slowed or stopped at low temperatures, depending on the species of fungus involved. High Relative Humidity Reduces Water Loss and Shrivel Apples should be stored at 80 to 95 percent relative humidity.
Sean L. Swezey, 2000
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Issues in Applied Agriculture: 2011 Edition
“For Vitis vinifera L. berries late in ripening, varietal differences have been found in tissue vitality and water relations linked to berry shrivel. Berry shrivel impacts on quality attributes,” scientists in Adelaide, Australia report. “Here we quantified  ...
‎2012
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The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
he came to another door, at which he knocked, and from the inside he heard: Virgin, green and small, Shrivel leg, Shrivel leg's dog, Shrivel back and forth. Let's see who is outside. The door opened and Dummling saw an enormous fat toad ...
Marie-Luise von Franz, 1996
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Integrated Pest Management for Almonds
Almond kernel shrivel has occurred in certain locations of the northern San Joaquin Valley on almond trees planted on peach rootstock. Affected trees bloom later than healthy trees, new shoot growth is stunted, and leaves are pale and ...
‎2002
8
Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines: Growing and Handling for ...
Left, shrivel symptoms following low relative humidity storage; right, surface cracking following prolonged storage under saturated atmospheric conditions. Fig. 24.6. Gray mold rot (Botrytis cinerea) in a nectarine. curtains were developed for ...
James H. LaRue, R. Scott Johnson, 1989
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A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...
(from to shrivel up), shrivelled up, shrunk, rumpled, curled, crisped as the hair or as savoy cabbages or other vegetables, crimped, puckered. C3?1^3OTT^5, a. ( from c£ta?$, thrunk. The last member of the word is a mere rhyme with the first), ...
William Carey, 1825
10
Grape Pest Management, Third Edition:
Photo: L. P. Christensen. Sauvignon vine. Note the green rachis on the cluster affected with berry shrivel. Photo: R. J. Smith. DiagnosticTechniques C a b e r n e t S. Figure 4.48 Berry bunch stem necrosis cluster (center) on the same Cabernet ...
LARRY J. BETTIGA, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHRIVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shrivel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bright, but they shrivel so soon
Most shrivel and dissolve away in a few days. Around 8000 species of fungi have been recorded in New Zealand and of these the red pouch fungi rates as one ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
2
Starved of funding, resources, OAIC is left to shrivel
Don't be fooled: the government's decision to reinstate Timothy Pilgrim in the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner does not indicate it is going soft ... «iT News, Jul 15»
3
Recovery Best Seen in California and Texas as Debt Sales Shrivel
Texas and California are so flush with cash they're enjoying a rare boom-times perk: The states don't have to borrow in the $3.6 trillion municipal-debt market to ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Here's Today's Horrific Subreddit That Will Make Your Soul Shrivel
Now that Reddit has purged itself of interim CEO Ellen Pao, the site can get back to what it's known for. Namely, subreddits like /r/rapingwomen, which boasts ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
5
Hacking Team: We won't 'shrivel up and go away' after cyberattack
LONDON, UK -- A company specializing in spyware that's had its secrets and corporate entrails strewn across the Web, in many eyes, would not recover from ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
6
If Sydney doesn't grow it will shrivel
NSW is Australia's biggest state in terms of population and economic activity. To put it in perspective, the NSW economy is larger than those of New Zealand, ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
7
Zimbabwe harvests shrivel as rains and government farm support …
BULAWAYO — For many years, Miriam Hlabangana, a farmer in Gwanda, about 150km south of Bulawayo, planted and harvested enough maize to not only ... «BDlive, Jun 15»
8
China ETFs shrivel as Shanghai-Hong Kong stock link heats up
HONG KONG: China-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) run by investment banks and Chinese fund managers have lost some lustre as regulatory changes ... «Economic Times, Apr 15»
9
On Beauty: Don't shrivel up like a sun-dried tomato in radiator season
Dehydrated skin is a fact of life for many of us at this time of year as we crank up the heating and spend more time inside in dry, overheated environments that ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»
10
US options in Syria shrivel as Islamists and Assad regime make gains
Syrian civil war in 2014 – A wounded child walks at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma after being injured in a reported airstrike by ... «CNN, Dec 14»

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