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wither
1[ with-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to shrivel; fade; decay:
The grapes had withered on the vine.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away ).
verb (used with object)
- to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.:
The drought withered the buds.
- to affect harmfully:
Reputations were withered by the scandal.
- to abash, as by a scathing glance:
a look that withered him.
Synonyms: ,
Wither
2[ with-er ]
noun
- George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
wither
/ ˈɪðə /
verb
- intr (esp of a plant) to droop, wilt, or shrivel up
- introften foll byaway to fade or waste
all hope withered away
- intr to decay, decline, or disintegrate
- tr to cause to wilt, fade, or lose vitality
- tr to abash, esp with a scornful look
- tr to harm or damage
Derived Forms
- ˈɾٳ, adjective
- ˈɾٳԲ, adverb
- ˈɾٳԲ, adjective
- ˈɾٳ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ɾٳİ·Ա noun
- ɾٳİ· noun
- ɾٳİ·Բ· adverb
- ԴDz·ɾٳİ·Բ adjective
- v·ɾٳİ adjective
- ܲ·ɾٳİ adjective
- ܲ·ɾٳİ·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of wither1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But that would break a different EU promise - to boost withering European arms industries by trying to buy EU when re-arming EU countries.
The exhibition includes a blackened, withered lemon, 110 years old, which formed part of the evidence against Kurt Muller, caught spying for Germany in 1915.
"Every month, about 1% of their bone and muscles are going to wither away – it's accelerated ageing," Prof Bailey says.
I’ll cook it in the oven and watch as the little piles melt, softening and withering in the heat, before turning into little puddles of melted cheese as they crisp around the edges.
That campaign also carried American political satire to new heights as, typically, a withering political cartoon caricatured a monstrously bloated Hanna, reclining on money bags given by millionaires like banker J.P.
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