All 3 Uses of
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When the Legends Die
- The big cottonwoods beside the house withered and seemed to shrink and curl, and flames crept up their big limbs like hungry red tongues.†
Chpt 33
- The weedy garden withered as though under a sudden frost, and the tall weeds crumpled and fell and the whole garden disappeared, leaving only a patch of charred ground.†
Chpt 33
- He could see Meo's garden patch, weedy but still with the mark of Meo's hand upon it, withering in the searing heat.
Chpt 49 *withering = shriveling (wrinkling from lack of water)
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated