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Shriveled
- adjective - (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"
- 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"
- 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"
Shuddered
- verb - shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"
- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Shuttered
- verb - close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
- provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination; "a church with a shuttered belfry and spire"; "green-shuttered cottages"
Sibilated
- verb - express or utter with a hiss
- make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- pronounce with an initial sibilant
- utter a sibilant
Sick-Abed
- adjective - confined to bed (by illness)
Sicklepod
- noun - cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
- North American rock cress having very long curved pods
Side Road
- noun - a minor road branching off of a main road
Side Yard
- noun - the grounds at either side of a house
Sideboard
- noun - a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
Sidelined
- verb - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"