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wither

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[ with-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to shrivel; fade; decay:

    The grapes had withered on the vine.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away ).


verb (used with object)

  1. to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.:

    The drought withered the buds.

  2. to affect harmfully:

    Reputations were withered by the scandal.

  3. to abash, as by a scathing glance:

    a look that withered him.

    Synonyms: ,

Wither

2

[ with-er ]

noun

  1. George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.

wither

/ ˈɪðə /

verb

  1. intr (esp of a plant) to droop, wilt, or shrivel up
  2. introften foll byaway to fade or waste

    all hope withered away

  3. intr to decay, decline, or disintegrate
  4. tr to cause to wilt, fade, or lose vitality
  5. tr to abash, esp with a scornful look
  6. tr to harm or damage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɾٳ, adjective
  • ˈɾٳԲ, adverb
  • ˈɾٳԲ, adjective
  • ˈɾٳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ɾٳİ·Ա noun
  • ɾٳİ· noun
  • ɾٳİ·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz·ɾٳİ·Բ adjective
  • v·ɾٳİ adjective
  • ܲ·ɾٳİ adjective
  • ܲ·ɾٳİ·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wither1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, perhaps variant of weather (verb)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wither1

C14: perhaps variant of weather (vb); related to German verwittern to decay
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Synonym Study

Wither, shrivel imply a shrinking, wilting, and wrinkling. Wither (of plants and flowers) is to dry up, shrink, wilt, fade, whether as a natural process or as the result of exposure to excessive heat or drought: Plants withered in the hot sun. Shrivel, used of thin, flat objects and substances, such as leaves, the skin, etc., means to curl, roll up, become wrinkled: The leaves shrivel in cold weather. Paper shrivels in fire.
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But that would break a different EU promise - to boost withering European arms industries by trying to buy EU when re-arming EU countries.

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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.

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"Every month, about 1% of their bone and muscles are going to wither away – it's accelerated ageing," Prof Bailey says.

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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.

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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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