shrivel

/ˈʃrɪvəl/ verb [I] (present participle UK shrivelling, past tense and past participle shrivelled, present participle US shriveling, past tense and past participle shriveled)

Translation

› If something shrivels, it becomes smaller, dryer, and covered in lines, often because it is old.

buruşmak,kuruyup büzülmek

19201811

shrivelled adjective ›

büzülmüş

There were a few shrivelled apples at the bottom of the bowl.

(Definition of shrivel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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