wither

Significado (Inglés)

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

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Sinónimos

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

Traducións

welken

se faner

appassire

marchitarse

verwelken

se flétrir

avvizzire

faner

marchitar

welk werden

μαραίνω

flétrir

murchar

verblühen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈwɪðɚ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: widren

Herdado de Old English: wederian

Relativo a neerlandés: verwederen

Relativo a neerlandés: verweren

Relativo a alemán: verwittern

Herdado de Middle English: witheren

Herdado de Old English: wiþerian

Relativo a Middle Dutch: wideren

Relativo a Old High German: 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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