wither
— Verb
– English
~ wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
wither
— Verb
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~ lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
withered
— Adjective
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~ (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
withered
— Adjective
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~ lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
withering
— Noun
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~ any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
withering
— Adjective
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~ wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
withering
— Adjective
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~ making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
witheringly
— Adverb
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~ in a withering manner; "guns fired witheringly at the railroad cars"
withers
— Noun
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~ the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
witherspoon
— Noun
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~ American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
withhold
— Verb
– English
~ retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"