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Meanings of
withered
in English
(Used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture.
shrunken
shrivelled
shriveled
wizened
sear
sere
wizen
dried-up
Related terms
dry
thin
lean
Synonyms
Examples for "
shrunken
"
shrunken
shrivelled
shriveled
wizened
sear
Examples for "
shrunken
"
1
A dozen fairy cakes sit, slightly
shrunken
,
in their wrinkled paper cases.
2
Monitors brought forward a hovering bed, shaping to support his
shrunken
frame.
3
The yellowed hands fell limply to the sheet, the
shrunken
form stiffened.
4
His
shrunken
legs clanked against the thin flanks of the lean beast.
5
The pyramidal flame that had been the mount of Cones was
shrunken
.
1
And, in general, Scutari's high idea of European civilization
shrivelled
and shrank.
2
Before those darting points of flame the pride of the French
shrivelled
.
3
The hands and feet, in their
shrivelled
state, are slender and delicate.
4
She bent her cheek upon the
shrivelled
hand resting upon the arm.
5
It was as though the long-continued cold had cracked and
shrivelled
him.
1
The
shriveled
leaves were blown from the trees by the fierce gusts.
2
He was thin and
shriveled
and had clearly been shriveling for years.
3
The parchment head was green with mold, and hung in
shriveled
tatters.
4
Roast until the grapes are juicy and slightly
shriveled
,
about 10 minutes.
5
Open fell the mouth, revealing the dog-teeth and the blue,
shriveled
-
looking
gums.
1
The lined and
wizened
face of the German General stood before him.
2
The
wizened
eyes brightened, and when he stopped one of them whispered:
3
He looked ancient in the torchlight: more
wizened
and mummified than ever.
4
The ruts on the road were worn and
wizened
by the cold.
5
Below the top bars of a
wizened
grate was a chilly fire.
1
Add steaks and
sear
on both sides, about 1 minute per side.
2
The garden was now dead and
sear
in the late October frost.
3
Add tuna and
sear
until golden, about 1 minute on both sides.
4
Working in batches,
sear
meatballs on all sides to develop a crust.
5
Gently coat the patties in fresh breadcrumbs and
sear
in hot oil.
1
He explained this to her in a
sere
reach of the garden.
2
Twenty years, and they the years of the
sere
,
the yellow leaf.
3
The horizon was merely a blue haze-andthe endless land was
sere
.
4
The dead grass and the dead leaves made a
sere
,
yellow world.
5
Now its trunk was snapped, its boughs crushed, its foliage turning
sere
.
1
One was tall and stalwart; the other was small, and
wizen
,
and misshapen.
2
A cunning,
wizen
head peered out at him from the gloom.
3
His face was
wizen
and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking.
4
His blinking eyes were steady, and his
wizen
face had become suddenly composed.
5
Mr. Finch's
wizen
little legs took him out of the room.
1
The goat-herds even had forsaken the
dried
-
up
pastures and the leafless hedges.
2
She thought again of that
dried
-
up
corpse, but not for very long.
3
Well, go back to the first point: the
dried
-
up
appearance of things.
4
It is parked deep within the Endemol complex, near a
dried
-
up
river.
5
The way that little
dried
-
up
sinner found out everything was positively uncanny.
Usage of
withered
in English
1
Now, in late spring, the young crops
withered
in the dry ground.
2
Eleven years earlier, when she was twenty-five, her right arm had
withered
.
3
I found it next morning lying
withered
and brown in the hall-way.
4
The fruits rotted on the branches, and the leaves
withered
and fell.
5
A splendid vision of sunlit egalitarian uplands after the State
withered
away.
6
But you will be
withered
before your time, rather than long after.
7
The dwarf stiffened; he raised his
withered
arms, and his eyes blazed.
8
The little man seemed
withered
by the coarse brutality of the reply.
9
Below her the
withered
leaf heaved; a brown insect crept out, slowly.
10
Peter Marlowe saw Drinkwater talking with a
withered
RAF corporal called Blodger.
11
All the words he'd rehearsed, ready to snap at her,
withered
away.
12
Farther away, the
withered
plants are heaped in rows of little piles.
13
I scarcely felt it at the time, but afterwards the eye
withered
.
14
One o these
withered
leaves fell at the feet of the king.
15
The general seized a
withered
,
frail old hand with a strong grip.
16
She also was lame in one foot and had a
withered
hand.
Other examples for "withered"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
withered
wither
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Adjective
Frequent collocations
withered hand
withered face
withered leaves
withered grass
withered lips
More collocations
Withered
through the time
Withered
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common