Definitions for: Withered


[adj] 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"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"
[adj] (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"



Webster (1913) Definition: With"ered, a.
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. --
With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.

Synonyms: dried-up, dry, lean, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, thin, wizen, wizened

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