Wither

Quick meaning: Wither is a verb meaning (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

Meaning

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
3. (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
4. (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
5. singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)
6. To go against, resist; oppose.
7. (obsolete or chiefly in compounds) Against, in opposition to.

Example Sentences

names that must not wither

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

Word Forms

• withers
• withering
• withered

Synonyms for wither

Depending on context, synonyms include shrink, fade, shrivel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shrivel, shrink, fade, wilt, sear, dwindle.

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