shrivel up

Questions about shrivel up

What does shrivel up mean?

shrivel up means "wither, as with a loss of moisture".

What is another word for shrivel up?

Close synonyms include shrivel, shrink, wither. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shrivel up a common word?

shrivel up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.