wither

Definition of wither in English English dictionary: To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water; To cause to shrivel or dry up; Against, in opposition to; To go against, resist; oppose; To become helpless due to emotion; To make helpless due to emotion; {v} to fade, pine away, die, make to fade; 1. (to cause) to become weak and dry and decay: "Grass had withered in the fields."2 Slowly disappear, lose importance or become weaker: "This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away."; To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture; If a flower or plant withers, it dries up and dies. The flowers in Isabel's room had withered. if plants wither, they become drier and smaller and start to die (Probably from weather ); To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up; wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"; If someone or something withers, they become very weak. When he went into retirement, he visibly withered Industries unable to modernise have been left to wither. Wither away means the same as wither. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating; To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin&?; away, as animal bodies; To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny; To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away; To cause to fade, and become dry; {f} wilt, fade; become shriveled; degenerate; cause to be ashamed (as with a look of scorn); harm; shrivel, dry; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
wither away: To atrophy, or waste away
wither-: Against, in opposition to
wither away: 1. (to cause) to become weak and dry and decay: "Grass had withered in the fields."2 Slowly disappear, lose importance or become weaker: "This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away."
wither away: see wither 1
withered: Simple past tense and past participle of wither
withered: Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water
withering: Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction
The D-Day troops came under withering fire.
withering: Tending to make someone feel small
He made withering remarks about his adversary.
withers: The part of the back of a draft animal or horse that is the highest, between the shoulder blades
withers: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wither
withered: anhydrous
withers: {n} the joining of the shoulder bones of a horse
to wither: wilt
withered: past of wither
withered: Withered is used to describe someone's leg or arm when it is thin and weak because of disease or injury. She has one slightly withered leg, noticeably thinner than the other
withered: Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away
withered: If you describe a person or a part of their body as withered, you mean that they are thin and their skin looks old. her withered hands
withered: {s} wilted, drooping; shriveled; wasted, decayed
withered: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W F Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"
withered: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
withering: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
withering: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
withering: A withering look or remark is very critical, and is intended to make someone feel ashamed or stupid. Deborah Jane's mother gave her a withering look. a withering look/remark etc a look, remark etc that makes someone feel stupid, embarrassed, or lose confidence
withering: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W S Gilbert
withering: Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade
withering: {s} wilting, fading; causing someone to be ashamed (as with a look of scorn)
withering: present participle of wither
withering: Diminishing rapidly
witheringly: in a withering manner
witheringly: while withering; while wilting
witheringly: in a withering manner; "guns fired witheringly at the railroad cars
withers: the highest part of a horse's back, above its shoulders (Probably from wither- , from )
withers: the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
withers: The high point of the back of the horse, which is located at the base of the neck and between the shoulder blades
withers: a dog's shoulder, the point where the leg joint meets the top of the back
withers: of Horse
withers: third-person singular of wither
withers: It is the slight ridge in a horse's back just before the mane starts The point used to measure a horse's height
withers: {i} highest part of the back (i.e. of a horse or other similar four-legged animals)
withers: The highest point on a dog behind the neck, typically the point of the shoulder blades Pronunciation: With*ers â€¢ (noun) Examples: Standard heights are judged by maximum acceptable heights at the withers Related Terms
withers: The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck
withers: The highest part of a horse's back Point at the bottom of the horse's neck from which the horse's height is measured
withers: The highest point on a dog's body (except for the head), it is located behind the neck
withers: In a horse or other animal, the highest part of the back, lying between the shoulder blades
withers: sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
withers: the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
withers: The top of the shoulder

wither

Hyphenation

with·er

Turkish pronunciation

wîdhır

Synonyms

atrophy, become stale, blast, blight, collapse, constrict, contract, decay, deflate, desiccate, deteriorate, die, disintegrate, dry, dry up

Antonyms

bloom, grow

Pronunciation

/ˈwəᴛʜər/ /ˈwɪðɜr/

Etymology

() From Middle English, from Old English wiþer (“again, against”, adverb in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *wiþra (“against, toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low Saxon wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with.