shrivel

shrivel
1. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll-

shrivel [up] — schrump[e]lig machen; runzlig machen [Haut, Gesicht]; welk werden lassen [Pflanze, Blume]

2. intransitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll-

shrivel [up] — verschrumpeln; [Haut, Gesicht:] runzlig werden; [Pflanze, Blume:] welk werden; [Ballon:] zusammenschrumpfen

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['ʃrivl]
past tense, past participle - shrivelled; verb
(to make or become dried up, wrinkled and withered: The flowers shrivelled in the heat.) verwelken
- academic.ru/91548/shrivel_up">shrivel up
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shriv·el
<BRIT -ll- or AM usu -l->
[ˈʃrɪvəl]
I. vi [zusammen]schrumpfen; fruit schrumpeln; plants welken; skin faltig werden; (fig) profits schwinden
II. vt
to \shrivel sth etw zusammenschrumpfen lassen
to \shrivel the crops die Ernte vertrocknen lassen
to \shrivel the skin die Haut faltig werden lassen
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['ʃrɪvl]
1. vt
plants (frost, dryness) welk werden lassen; (heat) austrocknen; skin, fruit runzlig werden lassen; nylon zusammenschrumpfen lassen
2. vi
kleiner werden, schrumpfen; (balloon, nylon) zusammenschrumpfen; (plants) welk werden; (through heat) austrocknen; (fruit, skin) runzlig werden → also shrivelled
See:
→ also shrivelled
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shrivel [ˈʃrıvl]
A v/t prät und pperf -eled, besonders Br -elled
1. auch shrivel up
a) (ein-, zusammen)schrumpfen lassen,
b) runzeln
2. (ver)welken lassen, ausdörren
3. fig
a) verkümmern lassen
b) unfähig oder hilflos machen
B v/i
1. oft shrivel up (ein-, zusammen)schrumpfen, schrumpeln
2. runz(e)lig werden
3. (ver)welken
4. fig verkümmern
5. fig vergehen
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1. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll-

shrivel [up] — schrump[e]lig machen; runzlig machen [Haut, Gesicht]; welk werden lassen [Pflanze, Blume]

2. intransitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll-

shrivel [up] — verschrumpeln; [Haut, Gesicht:] runzlig werden; [Pflanze, Blume:] welk werden; [Ballon:] zusammenschrumpfen

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v.
schrumpeln v.
schrumpfen v.

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