wither

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
2. (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.
4. (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
5. (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.

Noun

singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)

Adv

Against, in opposition to.

withers

• Noun
• Verb

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

pansir-se

pansir

marcir

musteir

emmusteir-se

mustiar

mustigar-se

descolorir-se

mustiar-se

mustigar

destenyir-se

debilitar-se

assecar-se

marcir-se

Sinònims

fade

wilt

shrivel

droop

dry up

decay

dry out

languish

wizen

dry

decline

shrink

die

💀

flag

waste away

deteriorate

shrivel up

thin

become weak

wither away

lean

wrinkle

scorch

waste

atrophy

be half-dry-half-fresh

grow weak

weaken

pine

wane

fall

fade away

sear

rot

burn

weak

emaciate

dwindle

deflate

decompose

blight

drop

recession

putrefy

drained

become thin

perish

melt

dizzy

💫

macerate

Traduccions

welken

se faner

appassire

marchitarse

verwelken

avvizzire

se flétrir

faner

marchitar

μαραίνω

welk werden

flétrir

murchar

μαραίνομαι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪðɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: widren

Heretat de anglès antic: wederian

Cognat amb neerlandès: verwederen

Cognat amb neerlandès: verweren

Cognat amb alemany: verwittern

Heretat de anglès mitjà: witheren

Heretat de anglès antic: wiþerian

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: wideren

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: widarōn

In summary

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”).
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