shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
unshrivelled
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a word derived from
shrivel.
Example Sentences
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Always keep the roots moist and unshrivelled, and the heart intact, and the plants are safe.
From The Home Acre by Edward Payson Roe
Lingered, rearranged the ornaments upon the mantelpiece, the bunch of sweet-leafed geranium—as yet unshrivelled by frost—and belated roses, placed in a vase upon the toilet-table.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
So little, however, is the want of this understood, that, of the thousands of stuffed fishes exhibited in the Fisheries Exhibition, I looked in vain for one with unshrivelled lips or orbital ridges.
