Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - wither
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(withers, withering, withered) 1. If someone or something withers, they become very weak. When he went into retirement, he visibly withered... Industries unable to modernise have been left to wither. VERB: V, V • Wither away means the same as wither. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating. PHRASAL VERB: V P 2. If a flower or plant withers, it dries up and dies. The flowers in Isabel’s room had withered... VERB: V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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biographical name George 1588-1667 English poet & pamphleteer WITHER I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English widren; probably akin to Middle English weder weather Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to become dry and sapless; especially to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture 2. to lose vitality, force, or freshness public support for the bill is ~ing transitive verb 1. to cause to ~ 2. to make speechless or incapable of action ; stun ~ed him with a look — Dorothy Sayers II. noun Date: 1607 chiefly British ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) make or become dry and shrivelled (withered flowers). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by away) deprive of or lose vigour, vitality, freshness, or importance. 3 intr. decay, decline. 4 tr. a blight with scorn etc. b (as withering adj.) scornful (a withering look). Derivatives witheringly adv. Etymology: ME, app. var. of WEATHER differentiated for certain senses ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. вянуть, сохнуть; блекнуть (также wither away, wither up) the flowers withered in the cold —- от холода цветы увяли his hopes withered (away) —- его надежды угасли her beauty withered —- ее красота увяла (поблекла) 2. иссушать; губить; лишать силы, свежести illness has withered him —- болезнь его иссушила grief has withered his heart —- горе ожесточило его сердце the hot summer withered the grass —- в это жаркое лето трава высохла 3. чахнуть, идти на убыль, снижаться her affection withered —- ее любовь угасала 4. уничтожать to wither smb. with a look —- испепелить кого-л. взглядом 5. спец. сушить листья чая ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) вянуть, сохнуть; блекнуть 2) иссушать, лишать силы или свежести 3) ослабевать, уменьшаться 4) usu. joc. уничтожать; to wither smb. with a look - испепелить кого-л. взглядом ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1535, alteration of M.E. wydderen "dry up, shrivel," apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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