Rivel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɪvəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Rivel is a verb meaning (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
Meaning
(intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
More Meanings
- (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
- (US) A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.
- (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
Example Sentences
they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]
It wanteth the due parching and ripening against the sunne: and by that meanes commeth short of the rivels and blacknesse that the outlandish pepper hath.
Word Forms
- rivels
- riveling
- rivelling
- riveled
- rivelled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shrivel, ravel, crumple, shrim, wither, curl up.
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