Synonyms:
shrivel, shrivel_up, shrink, wither
Meaning: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Usage examples
The very next day, to Mary's great surprise and grief; she found the leaves of the dingle-bells curling and beginning to wither.
She did not know that not a single evil creature dared set foot on that heath, or that, if one should do so, it would that instant wither up and cease.
May no wolfe howle; no screech owle stir A wing about thy sepulchre! No boysterous winds or stormes come hither, To starve or wither Thy soft sweet earth!
I thought he would fly to the front, and be brave and noble, and stand up for me against all the world, and defy my enemies, and wither these gossips with his scorn!
We sometimes see students destined for the Christian ministry also with all their religion so without root in themselves that a session in an unsympathetic class, a sceptical book, sometimes just a sneer or a scoff, will wither all the promise of their coming service.
But, like a virtuous medicine, self-diffused Through all men's hearts thy love shall sink and float; Till every feeling false, and thought unwise, Selfish, and seeking, shall, sternly disused, Wither, and die, and shrivel up to nought; And Christ, whom they did hang 'twixt earth and skies, Up in the inner world of men arise.