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- Dictionarywithered/ˈwɪðəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a plant) dry and shrivelled: "withered leaves"
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WITHERED definition: 1. dry and decaying: 2. A withered arm or leg has not grown to its correct size because of…. Learn more.
to become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller: [ T ] Hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast. [ I ] fig. Public interest in the scandal will not wither away any time soon. (Definition of wither from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of wither. wither.
1. : to become dry and sapless. especially : to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture. 2. : to lose vitality, force, or freshness. public support for the bill is withering. transitive verb. 1. : to cause to wither. 2. : to make speechless or incapable of action : stun. withered him with a look Dorothy Sayers. 2 of 2. noun.
Wither (of plants and flowers) is to dry up, shrink, wilt, fade, whether as a natural process or as the result of exposure to excessive heat or drought: Plants withered in the hot sun. Shrivel, used of thin, flat objects and substances, such as leaves, the skin, etc., means to curl, roll up, become wrinkled: The leaves shrivel in cold weather.
If you describe a person or a part of their body as withered, you mean that they are thin and their skin looks old.
Definition of withered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If someone or something is shriveled or shrunken with age, it is withered. If your skin is looking a little withered from being out in the sun all the time, it's time for a really good moisturizer.
