withered
UKwiðəd
US'wıðəd
معنی فارسی
پژوليده ، پلا سيده ، پژمرده ، خشکيده ،
چروک خورده (از خشکي).
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Past participle of the verb 'wither', which means to shrivel or decay.
مثال
- The withered leaves fell from the trees.
- His withered hand could barely hold the pen.
- The flowers had withered in the vase.
ترکیبهای رایج
withered leaves withered hand withered flowers withered reflection
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- 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 grey hair”
- (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”