shrivelled

adjective; past form of verb shrivel (shrivel, shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling; American spelling shriveled)

«shrivelled» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf. tree →

In the lessons

in the tales a shrivelled thing or person is old, dry, or withered, often a sign of age, hunger, or spite.

Examples

The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner. tree →
He sold a sack of shrivelled apples. tree →
The old dwarf had a shrivelled face. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Job and Lamentations use it for a body wasted by suffering or hunger, with skin drawn tight on the bones.

Interpretation. Job reads it as his suffering becoming a "witness" against him, which his friends took as proof of guilt. Lamentations shows the starving people of Jerusalem after the city fell.

Examples

And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face. (Writings JOB.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. (Writings LAM.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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