All 7 Uses of
wither
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the center of the hall the huge ugly lamp, hanging from the ceiling by rusty chains, was completely transformed by twining ivy and wild grapevines that were already withering from the heat.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- She noted how the leaves on the trees were still dark green but dry and heavily coated with red dust, and how withered and sad the untended flowers in the front yard looked.†
Chpt 3.20
- The withered stalks of last year's cotton had to be removed to make way for this year's seeds and the balky horse, unaccustomed to the plow, dragged unwillingly through the fields.†
Chpt 3.29
- Uncle Peter gave her a withering look.†
Chpt 3.30
- Grandma Fontaine, withered, wrinkled and yellow as an old molted bird, was leaning on her cane, and behind her were Sally Munroe Fontaine and Young Miss Fontaine.†
Chpt 4.40
- Scarlett smiled uncertainly and pecked obediently at the withered cheek presented to her.†
Chpt 4.40
- Frequently, brown and withered country women with broods of towhaired silent children spent the night there, women widowed by the war, dispossessed of their farms, seeking relatives who were scattered and lost.†
Chpt 4.42
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated