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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
wither
v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and
shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink,
wither]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: fade, wither]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
wither.]
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1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii.
9.
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2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
as animal bodies.
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This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
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There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
xii. 10.
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Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
--Dryden.
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3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. "Names
that must not wither." --Byron.
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States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wither \With"er\, v. t.
1. To cause to fade, and become dry.
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The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but
it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof
falleth. --James i. 11.
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2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal
moisture. "Age can not wither her." --Shak.
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Shot forth pernicious fire
Among the accursed, that withered all their
strength. --Milton.
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3. To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as,
a reputation withered by calumny.
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The passions and the cares that wither life.
--Bryant.
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Thesaurus Results for Wither:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cave in, cheat the undertaker, collapse, constrict, consume, contract, cure, decline, deflate, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dwindle, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fail, fire, flag, fold, get along, get on, grow old, insolate, kiln, languish, lose strength, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, peak, pine, preshrink, rub, run down, scorch, sear, shake, shrink, shrivel, sink, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, totter, towel, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither away, wizen, wrinkle |
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Common Misspellings > |
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