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# withered

adjective; verb form (the past form of «wither»: wither, withers, withered, withering)

«withered» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Withered means dried up and shrunk, like an old plant or flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#m1)
2. Withered can describe old, wrinkled skin or weak limbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, plants wither without water. In stories, a withered tree or hand shows age or illness; in the Bible Jesus heals a man with a withered hand. Phrases: withered flowers, a withered hand.

### Examples

- The flowers withered in the heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x1)
- The withered leaves fell from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x2)
- Grandma's hands are withered with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x3)
- Christians read that Jesus healed a man with a withered hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x4)
- The withered plant needed water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x5)
- The apple was withered and brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x6)
- His body became like a withered tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/#x7)

### Note

Past form of «wither». Opposite: fresh, blooming.

## In Jewish tradition

The Torah uses it for thin ears of grain in Pharaoh's dream. The psalms and prophets use withered grass as a picture of a weak, sad person, and Jonah's gourd withers after a worm strikes it.

**Interpretation.** In Pharaoh's dream, the thin withered ears stand for years of famine. Joseph reads the dream as a message from God about what is coming. The withered grass of the psalms is read as a picture of human frailty.

### Examples

- And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (Torah GEN.41.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x1)
- My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. (Writings PSA.102.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x2)
- My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. (Writings PSA.102.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x3)
- But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. (Prophets JON.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x4)

### Note

Past form of «wither». Opposite: fresh, blooming.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «withered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «withered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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