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wither
1[ with-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to shrivel; fade; decay:
The grapes had withered on the vine.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away ).
verb (used with object)
- to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.:
The drought withered the buds.
- to affect harmfully:
Reputations were withered by the scandal.
- to abash, as by a scathing glance:
a look that withered him.
Synonyms: ,
Wither
2[ with-er ]
noun
- George, 1588鈥1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
wither
/ 藞飞瑟冒蓹 /
verb
- intr (esp of a plant) to droop, wilt, or shrivel up
- introften foll byaway to fade or waste
all hope withered away
- intr to decay, decline, or disintegrate
- tr to cause to wilt, fade, or lose vitality
- tr to abash, esp with a scornful look
- tr to harm or damage
Derived Forms
- 藞飞颈迟丑别谤别诲, adjective
- 藞飞颈迟丑别谤颈苍驳濒测, adverb
- 藞飞颈迟丑别谤颈苍驳, adjective
- 藞飞颈迟丑别谤别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 飞颈迟丑顎侥谤别诲路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 飞颈迟丑顎侥谤路别谤 noun
- 飞颈迟丑顎侥谤路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
- 苍辞苍路飞颈迟丑顎侥谤路颈苍驳 adjective
- 辞顎卾别谤路飞颈迟丑顎侥谤别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路飞颈迟丑顎侥谤别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路飞颈迟丑顎侥谤路颈苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of wither1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For communists, it was the state 鈥渨ithering away鈥 so no one could be exploited by another.
鈥淪omething seems really great and then it withers. .... The real thing to make downtown work and feel safer is to have more people there.鈥
Over time, the economic power we鈥檝e come to rely on will wither too.
Recent single 69, for example, is a thumping house track on which Taylor talks with withering candour about her sex life.
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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