What does "shrivels" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of shrivel

What is a synonym for "shrivels"?

Common synonyms include: curl up, shrink, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate.

Shrivels

verb

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Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of shrivel form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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curl up shrink age air-dry anhydrate attenuate

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"Dance you shall. Dance in your red shoes till you are pale and cold, till your skin shrivels up and you are a skeleton! Dance you shall, from door to door, and where proud and wicked children live you shall knock, so that they may hear you and fear you! Dance you shall, dance—!"

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