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shrivel up
Overview of verb shrivel-up
The verb shrivel up has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither -- (wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled")
Antonyms of verb shrivel-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shrivel-up
1 sense of shrivel up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shrivel-up
1 sense of shrivel up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> atrophy
=> die back, die down
=> mummify, dry up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shrivel-up
1 sense of shrivel up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
'Cause To' of verb shrivel-up
Derived Forms of verb shrivel-up
Domain of verb shrivel-up
Domain Terms of verb shrivel-up
Familiarity of verb shrivel-up
shrivel up used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb shrivel-up
1 sense of shrivel up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb shrivel-up
1 sense of shrivel up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shrivel-up
Sense 1
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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