All 7 Uses of
wither
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Her right arm had been horribly burned and she grew up with its skin withered and purple.
Chpt 4 *withered = shriveled (wrinkled)
- A short distance away, at a week-old grave, some men were stripping the withered flowers from the wire frames of the floral pieces heaped on the grave.†
Chpt 36
- They worked methodically, keeping the withered flowers in a neat heap and piling up the wire frames carefully.†
Chpt 36
- No one complained because the men were very scrupulous about not tearing off the flowers until they were well withered.†
Chpt 36
- The furniture had been put back in place in the front room and the withered leaves and fallen flower petals swept out.†
Chpt 36
- " Mrs. Gaddis thought of her dead son and her daughter's withered arm.†
Chpt 40
- The war touched the Model Press Clipping Bureau with its mailed finger and made it wither away.†
Chpt 48
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated