wither
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English widren, wydderen (“to dry up, shrivel”), related to or perhaps an alteration of Middle English wederen (“to expose to weather”), from Old English wederian (“to expose to weather, exhibit a change of weather”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Dutch verwederen, Dutch verweren (“to erode by weather”), German verwittern, wittern (“to be ruined by weather; to erode”), Swedish vittra (“wither”).
More at weather.
Inflected forms:
form: withers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: withering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: withered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: withered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The flowers began to wither in the hot sun without enough water.
She watched as the old tree slowly withered with time.
Without care, the crops will wither and fail to grow.
gloss: To cause to shrivel or dry up.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There was a man which had his hand withered.
This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered.
now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave
gloss: To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: names that must not wither
States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
gloss: To become helpless due to emotion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make helpless due to emotion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: wither away
wither on the vine
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аканӡара́
roman: akʼandzará
lang: Arabic
word: صَعَقَ
roman: ṣaʕaqa
lang: Armenian
word: թառամել
roman: tʻaṙamel
lang: Aromanian
word: vishtidzãscu
lang: Belarusian
word: вя́нуць
roman: vjánucʹ
lang: Central Bikol
word: luyos
lang: Bulgarian
word: изсъхвам
roman: izsǎhvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: увяхвам
roman: uvjahvam
lang: Catalan
word: pansir-se
lang: Catalan
word: marcir-se
lang: Catalan
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lang: Catalan
word: mustiar-se
lang: Chechen
word: маргӏалдола
roman: marğaldola
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 枯萎
roman: kūwěi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 謝 /谢
roman: xiè
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: unyaya
lang: Cornish
word: gwedhra
lang: Czech
word: vadnout
lang: Czech
word: uvadat
lang: Czech
word: usychat
lang: Danish
word: visne
lang: Dutch
word: verschrompelen
lang: Dutch
word: verdorren
lang: Esperanto
word: velki
lang: Esperanto
word: forvelki
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word: lakastua
lang: Finnish
word: kuihtua
lang: French
word: flétrir
lang: French
word: se faner
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lang: Galician
word: mirrar
lang: Galician
word: murchar
lang: Galician
word: rechumirse
lang: Galician
word: alfar
lang: Galician
word: esmirrar
lang: German
word: vertrocknen
lang: German
word: welken
lang: German
word: verwelken
lang: German
word: verdorren
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽
roman: gaþaursnan
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word: μαραίνομαι
roman: maraínomai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μαραίνομαι
roman: maraínomai
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word: elszárad
lang: Hungarian
word: elhervad
lang: Hungarian
word: elfonnyad
lang: Hungarian
word: lekonyul
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word: összezsugorodik
lang: Ingrian
word: räytyä
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word: appassire
lang: Italian
word: essiccare
lang: Italian
word: inaridire
lang: Italian
word: raggrinzire
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word: avvizzire
lang: Japanese
word: 枯れる
roman: kareru
lang: Korean
word: 시들다
roman: sideulda
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word: çilmisîn
lang: Latin
word: marceō
lang: Latin
word: ārefaciō
lang: Lithuanian
word: nuvysti
lang: Macedonian
word: венеам
roman: veneam
lang: Malayalam
word: വാടുക
roman: vāṭuka
lang: Māori
word: kautaka
lang: Middle English
word: welken
lang: Mongolian
word: хатах
roman: xatax
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: visna
lang: Occitan
word: se passir
lang: Occitan
word: se marcir
lang: Occitan
word: se tressecar
lang: Old English
word: sēarian
lang: Old English
word: clingan
lang: Persian
word: پژمردن
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word: więdnąć
lang: Portuguese
word: murchar murchar-se
lang: Portuguese
word: mirrar
lang: Portuguese
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lang: Romanian
word: veșteji
lang: Romanian
word: ofili
lang: Russian
word: вя́нуть
roman: vjánutʹ
lang: Russian
word: завя́нуть
roman: zavjánutʹ
lang: Russian
word: увя́нуть
roman: uvjánutʹ
lang: Russian
word: увяда́ть
roman: uvjadátʹ
lang: Russian
word: со́хнуть
roman: sóxnutʹ
lang: Russian
word: засо́хнуть
roman: zasóxnutʹ
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word: शुष्यति
roman: śuṣyati
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: allaccanai
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: accalamai
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word: calamai
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: carigai
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word: alleventare
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word: allizare
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word: allaccanàre
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word: appassì
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word: allaccanà
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lang: Spanish
word: marchitarse
lang: Spanish
word: ajarse
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word: kukauka
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word: torka ut
lang: Swedish
word: förtorka
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word: vissna
lang: Swedish
word: vittra
lang: Swedish
word: förtvina
lang: Swedish
word: tvina
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word: வாடு
roman: vāṭu
lang: Thai
word: เหี่ยว
roman: hìao
lang: Thai
word: เหี่ยวแห้ง
lang: Thai
word: เหี่ยวเฉา
lang: Tocharian B
word: klaiks-
lang: Turkish
word: solmak
lang: Turkish
word: kurumak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قورومق
roman: kurumak
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎃𐎗𐎁
roman: ḫrb
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word: в'я́нути
roman: vʺjánuty
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lang: Vietnamese
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word: crino
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word: crebachu
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word: ffiwgro
lang: Yup'ik
word: nala-
lang: Zazaki
word: pelısyen (diq)
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word: veșteji
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