Definition of "shrivel up" [shrivel up]

• Wither, as with a loss of moisture (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Your Gate'll shrivel up and become as dry as dust from the little use it gets!"
• "An amazing percentage of life's little problems will shrivel up and blow away when one can wave a Dilithium Express card at them."
• "As Jane Davis delivered this last bit of devastating testimony, her voice was paper thin and she seemed to shrivel up on the stand."