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wither

verb

1 wither

Wither, as with a loss of moisture.

synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up.

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, ... show more

Dutch: indrogen, ineenschrompelen, schrompelen, verdorren, verschrompelen

2 wither

Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.

synonym: fade.

Dutch: wegkwijnen, aftakelen, verwelken


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cave in, cheat the undertaker, collapse, constrict, consume, contract, cure, decline, deflate, dehumidify, dehydrate ... show more.

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