Withered

  • 1Withered — With ered, a. Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. {With ered*ness}, n. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Withered — is an Early Production by the band A Static Lullaby and has 4 tracks, all of which are re recorded and put onto their debut album ...And Don t Forget to Breathe …

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  • 3withered — index ineffective, ineffectual, stale Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4withered — [[t]wɪ̱ðə(r)d[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a person or a part of their body as withered, you mean that they are thin and their skin looks old. Diana grasped his face in her withered hands. ...the bartender s withered face. Syn:… …

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  • 5Withered — Wither With er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Withered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withering}.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see {Weather}, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.] [1913… …

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  • 6withered — with|ered [ˈwıðəd US ərd] adj 1.) a withered plant has become drier and smaller and is dead or dying 2.) a withered person looks thin and weak and old 3.) a withered arm or leg has not developed properly and is thin and weak …

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  • 7withered — with|ered [ wıðərd ] adjective 1. ) a withered plant has become dry and is dying 2. ) a withered person looks old, thin, and weak, and has a lot of WRINKLES on their skin 3. ) a withered arm or leg is thin and weak because of illness or disease …

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  • 8withered — adjective 1 a withered plant has become drier and smaller and is dead or dying 2 a withered person looks thin and weak and old 3 a withered arm or leg has not developed properly and is thin and weak …

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  • 9withered — UK [ˈwɪðə(r)d] / US [ˈwɪðərd] adjective 1) a withered plant has become dry and is dying 2) a withered person looks old, thin, and weak, and has a lot of wrinkles on their skin 3) a withered arm or leg is thin and weak because of illness or… …

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  • 10withered — 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… …

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