Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) 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; -- often with up. 2. (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Multi-Version Concordance Shrivel (3 Occurrences) Isaiah 64:6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins. (See NIV) Ezekiel 19:12 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them. (See NIV) Joel 1:17 The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. (See JPS NAS RSV NIV)