An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SHRIVEL
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
(verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture; “The fruit dried and shriveled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
shrivel (third-person singular simple present shrivels, present participle (US) shriveling or (UK) shrivelling, simple past and past participle (US) shriveled or (UK) shrivelled)
(intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
Source: Wiktionary
Shriv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveled or Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.] Etym: [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skröpling feeble, Dan. skröbelig, Icel. skrj brittle, frail.]
Definition: To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
Shriv"el, v. t.
Definition: To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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