S: (v) shrink, shrivel (decrease in size, range, or extent) "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
Adjective
S: (adj) dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered ((used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture) "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
S: (adj) shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness) "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
S: (adj) shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken (reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity) "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"