English-Thai Dictionary

shrivel

VI ย่น  เหี่ยว  parch shrink wrinkle yon

 

shrivel

VI หมด ประโยชน์  mod-pra-yod

 

shrivel

VT ทำให้ ย่น  ทำให้ เหี่ยว  parch shrink wrinkle tam-hai-yon

 

shrivel

VT ทำให้ หมด ประโยชน์  tam-hai-mod-pra-yod

 

shrivel up

PHRV(ใบไม้  ผิว  ม้วน และ แห้ง ตาย  curl up muan-lea-hang-tai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHRIVE

v.t.To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession; as a priest. He shrives this woman. Obs. Shak.

 

SHRIVEL

v.i.shriv'l. [from the root of rivel. ] To comtract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; to shrink and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age.

 

SHRIVEL

v.t.To contract into wrinkles; to cause to shrink into corrugations. A scorching sun shrivels the blades of corn. Snd shrivel'd herbs on withering stems decay. Dryden.

 

SHRIVELED

pp. Contracted into wrinkles.

 

SHRIVELING

ppr. Contracting into wrinkles.

 

SHRIVER

n.[from shrive. ] A confessor. Obs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHRIVE

Shrive, v. t. [imp. Shrived or Shrove (; p. p. Shriven or Shrived; p.pr. & vb. n. Shriving. ] Etym: [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scrivan to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skriva to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskriban to be troubled. Cf. Shrift, Shrovetide. ]

 

1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. That they should shrive their parishioners. Piers Plowman. Doubtless he shrives this woman, ... Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. Longfellow.

 

2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. Beau & Fl.

 

SHRIVE

SHRIVE Shrive, v. i.

 

Defn: To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. Spenser.

 

SHRIVEL

Shriv "el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveled or Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.] Etym: [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skröpling feeble, Dan. skröbelig, Icel. skrj brittle, frail. ]

 

Defn: To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.

 

SHRIVEL

SHRIVEL Shriv "el, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

 

SHRIVEN

SHRIVEN Shriv "en,

 

Defn: p. p. of Shrive.

 

SHRIVER

SHRIVER Shriv "er, n.

 

Defn: One who shrives; a confessor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shrive

shrive |SHrīv ʃraɪv | ▶verb ( past shrove |SHrōv |; past participle shriven |ˈSHrivən | ) [ with obj. ] archaic (of a priest ) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone ). • (shrive oneself ) present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution. ORIGIN Old English scrīfan ‘impose as a penance, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijven and German schreiben ‘write, ’ from Latin scribere ‘write. ’

 

shrivel

shriv el |ˈSHrivəl ˈʃrɪvəl | ▶verb ( shrivels, shriveling , shriveled ; Brit. shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled ) wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, esp. due to loss of moisture: [ no obj. ] : the flowers simply shriveled up | [ with obj. ] : a heat wave so intense that it shriveled the grapes in every vineyard. • [ no obj. ] lose momentum, will, or desire; become insignificant or ineffectual: his spirit shriveled and his talent atrophied. • [ with obj. ] cause to feel worthless or insignificant: she shriveled him with one glance. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect skryvla ‘to wrinkle. ’

 

shriveled

shriv eled |ˈSHrivəld ˈʃrɪvld |(Brit. shrivelled ) ▶adjective wrinkled and contracted, esp. due to loss of moisture or old age: her long, shriveled hand.

 

shriven

shriv en |ˈSHrivən ˈʃrɪvən | past participle of shrive.

 

Oxford Dictionary

shrive

shrive |ʃrʌɪv | ▶verb ( past shrove |ʃrəʊv |; past participle shriven |ˈʃrɪv (ə )n | ) [ with obj. ] archaic (of a priest ) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve. • (shrive oneself ) present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution. ORIGIN Old English scrīfan ‘impose as a penance ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijven and German schreiben ‘write ’, from Latin scribere ‘write ’.

 

shrivel

shrivel |ʃrɪv (ə )l | ▶verb ( shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled; US shrivels, shriveling, shriveled ) wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture: [ no obj. ] : the flowers simply shrivelled up | [ with obj. ] : a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard. • [ no obj. ] lose momentum, will, or desire: as American interest shrivelled, so did the government's. • [ with obj. ] cause to feel worthless or insignificant: she shrivelled him with one glance. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect skryvla ‘to wrinkle ’.

 

shrivelled

shrivelled |ˈʃrɪvld |(US shriveled ) ▶adjective wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age: a handful of shrivelled leaves | his shrivelled limbs.

 

shriven

shriven past participle of shrive.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shrivel

shrivel verb the neglected plants shriveled in their pots: wither, shrink; wilt; dry up, desiccate, dehydrate, parch, frazzle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shrivel

shrivel verb full sun is likely to shrivel the leaves | the bark of affected trees turns black and shrivels: wither, wrinkle, pucker up, shrink; wilt; dry up, desiccate, dehydrate, parch, frazzle, scorch, sear, burn; literary blast; rare exsiccate. ANTONYMS plump up.

 

shrivelled

shrivelled adjective she was clutching the remnants of the shrivelled flowers: withered, dry, dried up, desiccated, dehydrated, wrinkled, puckered, wizened, faded; parched, frazzled, scorched, seared, burnt; literary blasted, sere; rare exsiccated. ANTONYMS fresh, plump, juicy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shrivel

shriv el /ʃrɪ́v (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～ling 自動詞 1 (乾燥 老齢などで )しわが寄る, 縮む, しぼむ, しなびる (up ).2 だめになる, 弱体化する ; 〈人が 〉縮み上がる .他動詞 1 …を縮ませる, しぼませる, …にしわを寄らせる (up )▸ The hot sunshine shrivels up the leaves .強い日差しが木の葉をしなびさせる .2 …をだめにする, …(の勢い )を弱める .