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1. (v.i.) wither
to shrivel; fade; decay:
The grapes had withered on the vine.
2. wither
to lose the freshness of youth (often fol. by away).
3. (v.t.) wither
to cause to shrivel, fade, or lose vigor or bloom.
4. wither
to abash, as by a scathing glance; humiliate; shame.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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1. (verb) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"
2. (verb) fade, wither
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
"Her bloom was fading"
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1. (verb) wither
(of a plant) to dry up and die
crops withering in the extreme heat
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1. (noun) wither
to fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up
2. (noun) wither
to lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies
3. (noun) wither
to lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away
4. (verb) wither
to cause to fade, and become dry
5. (verb) wither
to cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture
6. (verb) wither
to cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny
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Sense: (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.
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 Afrikaans: laat verdor |
 Arabic: يَذْبُل، يَذْوي |
 Bulgarian: отслабвам |
 Brazilian: murchar / secar |
 Czech: vadnout; způsobit vadnutí |
 German: austrocknen |
 Danish: visne; udtørre |
 Greek: μαραίνω, μαραίνομαι, παρα |
 Spanish: marchitar(se) |
 Estonian: närbuma, närvutama |
 Farsi: پلاسيده شدن |
 Finnish: näivettyä |
 French: (se) faner |
 Hebrew: לִנבּוֹל |
 Hindi: कुम्हलाना |
 Croatian: uvenuti |
 Hungarian: elhervad |
 Indonesian: melayukan |
 Icelandic: skrælna, visna |
 Italian: seccarsi, far appassire |
 Japanese: しおれる |
 Korean: 시들다 |
 Lithuanian: (nu)vysti, (su)džiūti, (s |
 Latvian: novīst; novītināt |
 Malay: menjadikan kering, melayu |
 Dutch: (doen) verwelken |
 Norwegian: visne, blomstre av |
 Polish: uschnąć |
 Persian: پلاسيده شدن |
 Pashto: مړاوى كول (كېدل)، كمزوري |
 Portuguese: murchar |
 Romanian: a (se) usca |
 Russian: вянуть; иссушать |
 Slovak: vädnúť; spôsobiť vädnutie |
 Slovenian: izsušiti |
 Serbian: uvenuti |
 Swedish: [få att] vissna |
 Thai: เหี่ยวแห้ง |
 Turkish: sararıp sol(dur)mak, kuru |
 Taiwanese: 枯萎 |
 Ukrainian: в'янути, сохнути |
 Urdu: خشک ہو جانا |
 Vietnamese: khô héo |
 Chinese: 枯萎 |
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