| verb | wither, as with a loss of moisture “The fruit dried and shriveled” |
| verb | draw back, as with fear or pain “she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf” |
| verb | reduce in size; reduce physically “Hot water will shrink the sweater” |
| verb | become smaller or draw together “The fabric shrank” |
| verb | decrease in size, range, or extent “His earnings shrank” |
| adjective | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie “the old woman's shriveled skin” |
| adjective | reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity “our shriveled receipts during the storm” |
| flinch | noun | a reflex response to sudden pain |
| wince | noun | the facial expression of sudden pain |
| shrinkage | noun | process or result of becoming less or smaller |
| shrinking | noun | process or result of becoming less or smaller |
| reduction | noun | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| contraction | noun | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |