| VERB | change | wither, shrivel, shrivel up, shrink | wither, as with a loss of moisture |
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| change | wither, fade | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality |
| Sounds | wih'dher | |
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| Rhymes | altogether ... zither: 43 rhymes with dher... | |
| Meaning | wither, as with a loss of moisture. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | shrivel, shrivel up, shrink | |
| Narrower | atrophy | Undergo atrophy / atrophy |
| blast | Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | |
| die back, die down | Suffer from a disease that kills shoots | |
| mummify, dry up | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture | |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Spanish | consumirse, debilitarse, encoger, languidecer, marchitarse, marchitar, mermar, mustiarse, mustiar | |
| Catalan | debilitar-se, emmusteir-se, marcir-se, marcir, mustiar-se, mustiar, mustigar-se, mustigar, pansir-se, pansir | |
| Meaning | Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | fade | |
| Broader | disappear, vanish, go away | Get lost, as without warning or explanation |
| Spanish | marchitarse, secarse | |
| Catalan | assecar-se, descolorir-se, destenyir-se, emmusteir-se, mustigar-se, pansir-se | |
| Nouns | withering | any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) |
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