shrivel up

shrivel up (third-person singular simple present shrivels up, present participle (US) shriveling up or (UK) shrivelling up, simple past and past participle (US) shriveled up or (UK) shrivelled up)

1. To become completely shriveled; to completely dry up and become wrinkled.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "Look! - look! - look! she's shrivelling up! she's turning into a monkey!" and down he fell upon the ground, foaming and gnashing in a fit.