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• v  wither, as with a loss of moisture
• v  lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
• s  lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  he did well despite his withered arm
• s  (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  withered vines

• Three other popular ideals, withered under the Mussolini blast last week: Capitalism: "Capitalism is at an end.
• Most of the ordinary matter in the universe is locked up in degenerate stellar remnantsdead stars that have withered into white dwarfs or blown up and collapsed into neutron .
• All but the hardiest of 30 coral species had died off, and the reef itself had withered into a sandy, underwater boneyard.

• shrivel
• shrivel up
• shrink
• wither
• fade
• shriveled
• shrivelled
• shrunken
• wizen
• wizened
• dried-up
• sere
• sear

News & Articles

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• Holmdel looks to hire landscaping company, will deal with overgrown properties
  HOLMDEL — The house on Candlelight Drive is easy to spot. Weeds and withered patches of grass sit next to immaculately manicured lawns.
  June 19, 2013 - Asbury Park Press
• Hart Trophy 2013: Alex Ovechkin voted NHL MVP
  This is Ovechkin's third Hart Trophy, and his first since 2009. For most of the season a third Hart was the furthest thing from fans' minds as the Capitals withered away at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.
  June 16, 2013 - Philly.com
• Maher Savages ‘Cryptkeeper’ Congressmen: ‘When Did We Become This Weekend At Bernie’s Government?’
  On his New Rule segment Friday night, Bill Maher excoriated the octogenarian congressmen who have withered in their seats, like Representative John Dingell , who was celebrated last week as the longest serving member of the legislative branch. "This is not about age," Maher said, "this is about congressmen who suck at their jobs because their jobs are never at stake."
  June 15, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Crain in The Drum
  Chris Crain was quick to credit the sales force for their efforts in trying circumstances, saying: "In a recessionary environment that withered marketing budgets around the globe, Associate Publisher Kathryn Toledano and her sales team managed to...
• Franklin D Roosevelt in NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
  In an eerie reflection of current times, Roosevelt noted that "our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced with serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of...
• Olaf Kolzig in Forbes
  They put on a pretty good push their in the third period,Kolzig said. "But we never withered and we always got the two-goal lead back. It was a big win."