shrivel
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
decrease in size, range, or extent
His earnings shrank
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
- shrinking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | atrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | die down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrinking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |