wither (redirected from withers away)

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.

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

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" shrink, shrivel, shrivel up 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" fade disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

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wither

verb 1. wilt, dry, decline, shrink, decay, disintegrate, perish, languish, droop, shrivel, desiccate << OPPOSITE flourish

2. waste, decline, shrink, shrivel, atrophy

3. fade, decline, wane, perish << OPPOSITE increase

verb 4. humiliate, blast, shame, put down, snub, mortify, abash

Translations

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vi → marchitarse

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vi → se faner

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vi [plant] → verwelken

wither [ˈwɪðəʳ] vi → appassire

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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 枯萎