Crossword clues for wither
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb. n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.]
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To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither?
--Ezek. xvii. 9. -
To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away, as animal bodies.
This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered.
--Shak.There was a man which had his hand withered.
--Matt. xii. 10.Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
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To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ``Names that must not wither.''
--Byron.States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
Wither \With"er\, v. t.
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To cause to fade, and become dry.
The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth.
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To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture. ``Age can not wither her.''
--Shak.Shot forth pernicious fire Among the accursed, that withered all their strength.
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To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.
The passions and the cares that wither life.
--Bryant.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather." Transitive sense from 1550s. Related: Withered; withering; witheringly.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 adv. (context obsolete or chiefly in compounds English) against, in opposition to. Etymology 2
vb. (context obsolete English) To go against, resist; oppose. Etymology 3
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. 2 (context transitive English) To cause to shrivel or dry up. 3 (context intransitive figurative English) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. 4 (context intransitive English) To become helpless due to emotion. 5 (context transitive English) To make helpless due to emotion.
WordNet
v. wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink]
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" [syn: fade]
Wikipedia
Wither (Kevin Ford) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, a member of the Hellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part of Selene's Coven.
Wither is a 1999 supra-natural novel about ghosts and witches by John Passarella and Joseph Gangemi writing under the pseudonym "J.G. Passerella". Wither was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award and won the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for First Novel in 1999. Wither was later followed by the sequels Wither's Rain, Wither's Curse, and Wither's Legacy.
Wither is a single and EP by the progressive metal/ rock band Dream Theater, released on September 15, 2009. It was their first EP since A Change of Seasons. The EP contains the album version of the song "Wither", an alternative version of "Wither" with vocals and piano only, a demo of "Wither" with John Petrucci on vocals, and a demo of "The Best of Times" with Mike Portnoy on vocals. It is the band's last official release with Portnoy, who left the band in September 2010. This is the only studio release without the Majesty symbol in its front cover.
It was released exclusively as a digital download and available from Internet music retailers, although some physical promotional copies were released to radio stations and are now in circulation on eBay.
Wither is a 2011 young-adult dystopian novel written by Lauren DeStefano. It was originally published on March 22, 2011, by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. It is set in a future where scientists succeeded in engineering a perfect generation of humans, free of illness and disorders, but as a consequence, also created a virus that plagues that generation's children and their children's children, killing females at age 20 and males at age 25. The fallout from this disaster drastically set apart the poor, who scavenge for food in a society that has few to no workers, from the rich, who celebrate each new building built as the continuance of the human race. It is the first book of The Chemical Garden Trilogy. The second book, Fever, was released in February 2012,. The third and final book, Sever, was released in February 2013.
Wither (Swedish: Vittra) is a Swedish 2012 horror film directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund, who wrote and produced the film along with David Liljeblad. The plot follows a group of young Swedes who travel to an abandoned cabin over the weekend. The cabin turns out to be the home of a Vittra, and the friends have to fight for their lives, aided by the hunter Gunnar ( Johannes Brost).
The film was marketed as the first Swedish zombie film shown in cinemas and was incorrectly stated by several Swedish newspapers as being the first Swedish zombie film. The first Swedish zombie film is Die Zombiejäger from 2005.
Usage examples of "wither".
She tapped her toe impatiently, wondering why Duncan persisted in talking about old and withered Eglantine when she, ripe and lovely Alienor, was directly before him.
When I began asking, a little wildly, what they had found beyond the anomaly, his withered hand lifted impatiently to cut me off.
Perhaps we shall all die in Arneis, and the name of Clan Wattel will wither and go out like a lamp that has finally run out of fuel.
Over him, a dagger in his withered hand--yes, about to strike, in the very act--stood the old Shaman, and on the floor hard by, gazing upward with wide-set eyes, dead and still majestic in her death, lay Atene, Khania of Kaloon.
I could feel myself sinking, too weak, vitality atrophied, strengths withered.
Contemplating the ruin the Quman had made of Avaria, he looked as frail as a withered stick blown about in storm winds.
The tortured beholder lay dead on the floor, its great eye staring emptily up at its withered eyestalks.
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.
Ranool had fastened the withered but conveniently stiff bogman to a permanent sitting position on the bar stool nearest the door.
At that moment Crim and Ladar opened up a sudden, withering crossfire, and men and horses went down in a bloody mess in the clearing.
Much of the history of cryptology of this time is a patchwork, a crazy quilt of unrelated items, sprouting, flourishing, withering.
One day, thinking she heard Mr Cupples come upstairs, she ran down with a smile on her face, which fell off it like a withered leaf when she saw no one there but Robert the student.
It was deserted, the boma surrounding it a withered tracery of thorn, thinned out by wind and sand so that it looked like dannert wire.
The preteen Desdaine triplets, Withering, Scornful, and Derisive, whooped in delight.