shrivelled

«shrivelled» in Mova's school dictionary: dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; past form of verb shrivel (shrivel, shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling; American spelling shriveled)

meaning for a pupil

Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales a shrivelled thing or person is old, dry, or withered, often a sign of age, hunger, or spite.

examples

• The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner. tree →
• He sold a sack of shrivelled apples. tree →
• The old dwarf had a shrivelled face. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shrivelled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.