Definition/Meaning of wither

• English - Verb: wither (third-person singular simple present withers, present participle withering, simple past and past participle withered) (intransitive) To shrivel , droop or dry up , especially from lack of water . Without care, the crops will wither and fail to grow. She watched as the old tree slowly withered with time. (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up . 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James…
• English - Noun: wither (plural withers) (singular) singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”) 2007, Sara Douglass, Enchanter, Macmillan, →ISBN: Timozel had slid his feet quickly from the stirrups and swung his leg over the horse's wither as it slumped to the ground, standing himself in one graceful movement. 2008, Kate Luxmoore, Introduction to…
• English - Adverb: wither (comparative more wither, superlative most wither) (in compounds, obsolete) Against , in opposition to.
• English - Anagrams: whiter , writhe
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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…