withered

adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "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 despite his withered arm"; "a wizened

little man with frizzy gray hair" [syn: {shriveled}, {shrivelled},

{shrunken}, {wizen}, {wizened}]

2: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;

"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere

vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered

seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: {dried-up}, {sere}, {sear},

{shriveled}, {shrivelled}]