wither
English dictionary entry
Meanings
verb
- To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- To become helpless due to emotion.
- 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.
verb
- To go against, resist; oppose.
name
- A surname.
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪðə/
[ˈwɪðə]
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/ˈwɪðɚ/
[ˈwɪðɚ] ~ [ˈwɪðɹ̩]
Word forms
wither
withers
withering
withered
more wither
most wither
Etymology
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”).
More at weather.
Translations
Abkhaz: аканӡара́
Arabic: صَعَقَ
Armenian: թառամել
Aromanian: vishtidzãscu
Belarusian: вя́нуць
Central Bikol: luyos
Bulgarian: изсъхвам
Bulgarian: увяхвам
Catalan: pansir-se
Catalan: marcir-se
Catalan: musteir-se
Catalan: mustiar-se
Chechen: маргӏалдола
Chinese Mandarin: 枯萎
Chinese Mandarin: 謝 /谢
Ngazidja Comorian: unyaya
Cornish: gwedhra
Czech: vadnout
Czech: uvadat
Czech: usychat
Czech: ochromit
Danish: visne
Dutch: verschrompelen
Dutch: verdorren
Esperanto: velki
Esperanto: forvelki
Finnish: lakastua
Finnish: kuihtua
Finnish: jäykistää
French: flétrir
French: se faner
French: se dessécher
Galician: mirrar
Galician: murchar
Galician: rechumirse
Galician: alfar
Galician: esmirrar
German: vertrocknen
German: welken
German: verwelken
German: verdorren
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽
Greek: μαραίνομαι
Ancient Greek: μαραίνομαι
Hungarian: elszárad
Hungarian: elhervad
Hungarian: elfonnyad
Hungarian: lekonyul
Hungarian: összezsugorodik
Ingrian: räytyä
Italian: appassire
Italian: essiccare
Italian: inaridire
Italian: raggrinzire
Italian: avvizzire
Japanese: 枯れる
Korean: 시들다
Northern Kurdish: çilmisîn
Latin: marceō
Latin: ārefaciō
Lithuanian: nuvysti
Macedonian: венеам
Malayalam: വാടുക
Māori: kautaka
Middle English: welken
Mongolian: хатах
Norwegian Nynorsk: visna
Occitan: se passir
Occitan: se marcir
Occitan: se tressecar
Old English: sēarian
Old English: clingan
Persian: پژمردن
Persian: افسرده کردن
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