1 to wither

2 to wilt

3 wizened

1 withered

2 wilted

3 to wither

4 to fade

5 to decay

1 to wither (and drop off)

2 to wilt

3 to pass away

1 withered

1 impoverished

2 destitute

3 hard

4 depressed (of business)

5 tattered

6 ragged

1 to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)

1 lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value

2 I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.

1 to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own

2 a sentimental attachment

1 to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

1 the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment