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withered
adjective
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;- W.F.Starkie
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ˈwɪðɚd
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adjective
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;- W.F.Starkie
“The old woman's shriveled skin”
adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
“Dried-up grass”
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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
Dried-up grass
The desert was edged with sere vegetation
Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
Withered vines
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