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Shrivelled
- verb - (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"
- decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
- Dried up
- 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"
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Shrovetide
- noun - immediately preceding Lent
Sleevehand
- - The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
Sleeveless
- adjective - having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses"
- unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
Starvation
- noun - a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"
Starveling
- noun - someone who is starving (or being starved)
Stravinsky
- noun - composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
- the music of Stravinsky; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets"