Definition of "withered" []

• Shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance: "the battle to keep his withered dreams intact” ( Time). (adjective)

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• "Passed _whole woods of withered pines, all withered_; trunks stripped and barkless, branches lifeless; done by a single winter [115], -- their appearance reminded me of me and my family."
• "Passed _whole woods of withered pines, all withered_; trunks stripped and lifeless, branches lifeless; done by a single winter. "["
• "_To a Skylark_, by P.B. Shelley, stanza iii. line 5.] [123] [ "Passed _whole woods of withered pines, all withered_; trunks stripped and barkless, branches lifeless; done by a _single winter_, -- their appearance reminded me of me and my family" (_Letters_,"