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wither

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with·er  (wr)
v. with·ered, with·er·ing, with·ers
v.intr.
1. To dry up or shrivel from or as if from loss of moisture.
2. To lose freshness; droop.
v.tr.
1. To cause to shrivel or fade.
2. To render speechless or incapable of action; stun: The teacher withered the noisy student with a glance.

[Alteration of Middle English widderen, perhaps variant of wederen, to weather, from weder, weather; see weather.]

wither
Verb
1. to make or become dried up or shrivelled: the leaves had withered but not fallen
2. to fade or waste: deprived of the nerve supply the muscles wither
3. to humiliate (someone) with a scornful look or remark [probably variant of weather (verb)]
withered adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.witherwither - wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
atrophy - undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
blast - shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
die back, die down - suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
dry up, mummify - dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
2.wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

wither
3. fade, decline, wane, perish << OPPOSITE increase
Translations
wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vimarchitarse

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vise faner

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vi [plant] → verwelken

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] viappassire

wither
v wither [ˈwiðə]
(of plants etc) to (cause to) fade, dry up, or decay The plants withered because they had no water; The sun has withered my plants. laat verdor يَذْبُل، يَذْوي отслабвам vadnout; způsobit vadnutí visne; udtørre austrocknen μαραίνω, μαραίνομαι, παρακμάζω marchitar(se) närbuma, närvutama پلاسيده شدن lakastua, kuihduttaa (se) faner לִנבּוֹל कुम्हलाना uvenuti elhervad melayukan skrælna, visna seccarsi, far appassire しおれる 시들다; 시들게 하다 (nu)vysti, (su)džiūti, (su)vytinti, (iš)džiovinti novīst; novītināt menjadikan kering, melayukan (doen) verwelken visne, blomstre av uschnąć murchar a (se) usca вянуть; иссушать vädnúť; spôsobiť vädnutie izsušiti uvenuti [] vissna เหี่ยวแห้ง sararıp sol(dur)mak, kuru(t)mak 枯萎 в'янути, сохнути خشک ہو جانا khô héo


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If people cannot be assured of graves, I fear they will no longer die, and the best interests of civilisation will wither like a frosted leaf.
Poor, misguided von Horn has died for it, and left his head to wither beneath the rafters of a Dyak long-house
I have been lucky enough to find it, and have brought it with me; but the heat of the sun scorches so that it begins to wither, and I don't know that I can carry it farther.
 
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