shrivel

After puberty, our thymus naturally shrivels because the natural defence system is strong enough to maintain itself.
Après la puberté, notre thymus se ratatine de manière naturelle ; le système de défense naturel est suffisamment fort pour se subvenir à lui-même.
Once the fecundation has occurred, the hairs sag, the spathe shrivels and the insects are again free to visit other specimens of Arum.
Une fois que la fécondation a eu lieu, les poils s’affaissent, la spathe se dessèche et les insectes sont à nouveau libres de visiter d’autres spécimens d’Arum.
Botrytis shrivels the grapes, leaving them sweeter.
La pourriture noble dessèche les raisins, les rendant plus sucrés.
There isn't any construction going on. And so the sector shrivels away.
Aucune construction ne se réalise. Et donc le secteur décrépit.
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