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Angular and Withered

adjective

  • Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle.
    • usage: "angular momentum"
  • Having angles or an angular shape.

verb

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

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"
  • 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"