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Withered Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Withered has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of wither

Adjective
1

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

"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"

"he did well despite his withered arm"

"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

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"

3

Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.

Example Sentences
"the old woman's shriveled skin" adjective
"he looked shriveled and ill" adjective
"a shrunken old man" adjective
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" adjective
"he did well despite his withered arm" adjective
"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" adjective
"dried-up grass" adjective
"the desert was edged with sere vegetation" adjective
"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings" adjective
"withered vines" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
red fred bred pred dred cred erred pored gored pared cored fired mired unred hired fared shred bared cared jered
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