Definition of wither

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Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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Blight :: Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences..
Withering :: Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withe.
Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.
Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..
Wearish :: Wearish (a.) Weak; withered; shrunk.
Wizen :: Wizen (v. i.) To wither; to dry.
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry..
Welk :: Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..
Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither..
Wizen :: Wizen (a.) Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
Wither-wrung :: Wither-wrung (a.) Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse..
Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..
Marcidity :: Marcidity (n.) The state or quality of being withered or lean.
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Cling :: Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.
Mummy :: Mummy (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Wilt :: Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant..
Wizened :: Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man..
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