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withered


adjective
1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness (Freq. 1)
- the old woman's shriveled skin
- he looked shriveled and ill
- a shrunken old man
- "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
- he did well despite his withered arm
- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Syn:
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
Similar to:
thin, lean
2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- dried-up grass
- the desert was edged with sere vegetation
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
- withered vines
Syn:
dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled
Similar to:
dry
Derivationally related forms:
sereness (for: sere)
Topics:
vegetation, flora, botany


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