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Wither, esp. with a loss of moisture
Answer for the clue "Wither, esp. with a loss of moisture ", 7 letters:
withers
Alternative clues for the word withers
- Part of a horse's back
- The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
- Sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase
- Highest part of a horse's back
- US singer-songwriter accompanying Queen at the end of gigs
- Loses vitality
- Ridge at the base of a horse'd neck, from which its height is measured
- Dries up in the sun
Word definitions for withers in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped . In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast, cattle are normally ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plant withers (= becomes drier and starts to die ) EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Check that the saddle fits correctly and is neither too low on the withers or spine. ▪ Distance from withers to elbow and elbow to ground is ...
Usage examples of withers.
As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.
Mr Boffin, who hear it, rejoiced within himself, comforting himself with the reflection that his withers were unwrung, and thinking with what pleasure he might carry the anecdote into the farthest corners of the clubs.