shrivel

When something shrivels it gets smaller. This happens due to age or dryness.

• Grapes shrivel to become raisins when they are dried.

grapes		raisins

• Leaves fall off of trees in the fall and shrivel up on the ground.
• When a person passes the age of 80, skin on the face and hands usually become shriveled.
• Corn shrivels up in the cornfield when there’s a drought.
• Investments in technology stocks shriveled up at the end of the dot-com boom in the late 90s.

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This page was published on April 30, 2014.