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Meaning wither meaning

What does wither mean?

wither

— verb (= shrivel) wither, as with a loss of moisture The fruit dried and shriveled — verb (= fade) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality Her bloom was fading

Synonyms wither synonyms

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wither English » English

fade wilt shrivel droop dry up decay dry out languish wizen dry shrink decline waste away flag die thin shrivel up deteriorate wrinkle wither away scorch lean become weak weaken weak waste wane sear rot pine grow weak fall fade away burn be half-dry-half-fresh atrophy withered wilted wear turn yellow tabefy stun starve to death starve spoil smash slim shock sap rob

Topics wither topics

What do people use wither to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry
Universe, creation Plant

Growth of plants
Universe, creation Plant

Plant diseases
States Big

Small

Conjugation wither conjugation

How do you conjugate wither?

wither · verb

Examples wither examples

How do I use wither in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Oh luck! Like the moon, you steadily change, you always grow and then wither again.
When I have plucked thy rose, I cannot give it vital growth again. It must needs wither.
Flowers wither without water.

Movie subtitles

What are you saying? May your tongue wither at the roots.
A straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon.
But better to bloom on the road than wither in church.
You'd wither away and die waiting.
Flowers wither.
Without your affection, I wither and die.
Ye shall blow upon them. and they shall wither!
This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, wither'd, And not a maiden, as thou say'st he is.
His leaf shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.
Let two more summers wither in their pride, ere we think her ripe to be a bride.
If the flower of the Shogunate crest must wither, best that it does so with grace.
By the time the blossoms wither we'll have chased every single enemy ship back to the East China Sea.
Do not clutch at pain and pain will pass for I have touched the roots of your suffering, and they will wither.
Do not clutch at pain and pain will pass for l have touched the roots of your suffering, and they will wither.
The leaves wither and fall.
Wither shall I fly?
It will be cold and bitter, Watson. And a good many of us may wither before its blast.
The while our summer beauties are left to wither and die.
Time cannot wither nor custom stale your infinite charm, Gertrude.
It can begin in flight, pull up roots, and wither and die.
Age cannot wither us, nor custom stale our infinite variety.
If you insist in refusing any food, you're going to wither.
Our Swedish society would wither away, if there were not. younger people. who could stand up for a cause.
I hit here - the arms wither.
I hit here - the legs wither.
They wither on me.
There are people like that, you know, who-who wither the flowers they wear.
One by one. the tree's branches wither and fall.
I came here to die, Dr. Talbot, but before the old women of Nandos die, they receive the final gift of youth again, a few days of happiness and love before they wither to dust.
It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree.
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
Facts wither.
All plant life will wither and die.
This is a letter from Isaac Cranford with enough venom to wither a city.
Sea cannot wither nor custom stale their infinite vulgarity.
But first, some things must wither.

News and current affairs

It would be interesting to know how many of those at Beijing's Central Party School - the party's main educational institute - believe that the Chinese state is about to wither away, or ever will.
After all, unless she can turn around the eurozone, her rising profile at home and in Europe could easily wither.
To watch it wither is at best frivolous, at worst dangerous.
With bin Laden's death, Al Qaeda is likely to wither away as an organization.
Unless its members respect the rules by which it is defined, it will wither.
Households, burdened with debt while their retirement savings wither and job prospects remain dim, have spent only a fraction of the tax cuts.
If Romania's peasants come to believe that the EU insists that they hug their pigs, not butcher them with knives, their fidelity towards the social democrats will wither.
Translation, data analysis, legal research - a whole range of high-skilled jobs may wither away.
LONDON - For years, it was assumed, certainly in the West, that, as society developed, religion would wither away.
When all governments in the region reject extremism, there will be no place for extremists, and terrorism will wither away.
If modern macroeconomists do not reconnect with history - if they do not realize just what their theories are crystallized out of and what the point of the enterprise is - then their profession will wither and die.

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