What is the meaning of withered?

verb

• Wither, as with a loss of moisture.
  • usage: "The fruit dried and shriveled"
  • synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
• Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.
  • usage: "Her bloom was fading"
  • synonyms: fade, wither

adjective

• Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
• Used especially of vegetation. ( having lost all moisture)
  • usage: "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
  • synonyms: dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled