усо́хнуть

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verbperfective imperfective is усыха́ть

1.
to dry up, to shrink from drying, to lose weight from drying
Доска́ усо́хла и потре́скалась.
The board dried out and cracked.
Perfective; of things that shrink as they lose moisture.
2.
to shrivel up, to waste away, to become wizened
Стару́шка совсе́м усо́хла от ста́рости.
The old woman had shrivelled up completely with age.
Colloquial when said of people.
3.
(rare) to die laughing, to laugh oneself sick
Я чуть не усо́х со сме́ху.
I nearly died laughing.
Very colloquial; almost only in 'усохнуть со смеху'.

Examples

Старик совсем усох за последние годы.
The old man has become completely shrunken over the past few years.
Цветы усохли без воды на окне.
The flowers dried up without water on the windowsill.
Яблоки усохли на солнце за неделю.
The apples shriveled in the sun over the course of a week.

Imperative
ты	усо́хни
вы	усо́хните

Active present	-
Active past	усо́хший	dried up, shrivelled, withered
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	усохнув усохши	while doing (past)

со́хнутьto dry; to wither; to pine (for someone)
verbimperfective
усо́хнутьto dry up; to shrivel up; to die laughing
verbperfective
вы́сохнутьto dry; to get very thin
verbperfective
засо́хнутьto wither; to dry out; to waste away
verbperfective
иссо́хнутьto wither up or to become thin (reaching complete exhaustion)
verbperfective

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