Dictionary entry

Shrivel

Pronunciation: /ˈʃrɪv(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈʃrɪv(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ရှုံ့သည်။ ရှုံ့တွသည်။ ပေလိပ်သည်။ ရွတ်တွနေသော။

Definition

shrivel /'ʃrÇvl/ v ( -ll- ; US -l- ) ~ (up) ႐ံႈ႕သည္။ ႐ံႈ႕တြသည္။ ေပလိပ္သည္။ The leaves had shrivelled (up) in the sun. ❍ The heatwave is shrivelling potato stocks. ❏ shrivelled ( US -eled ) adj ရြတ္တြေနေသာ။ an old man with a brown, shrivelled face.

Examples

  1. The leaves had shrivelled up in the summer heat.
  2. The fierce heat had shrivelled the meat.
  3. Funding for the project eventually shrivelled up.
  4. Her angry tone had shrivelled any confidence he had left.