v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.intr.

1. To dry up or shrivel from or as if from loss of moisture.
2. To lose freshness; droop.

v.tr.

1. To cause to shrivel or fade.
2. To render speechless or incapable of action; stun: The teacher withered the noisy student with a glance.

[Alteration of Middle English widderen, perhaps variant of wederen, to weather, from weder, weather. See weather.]

verb

1. To make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of moisture: dry up, mummify, sear, shrivel, wizen. See dry/wet.
2. To waste away from longing or grief: languish, pine (away). See health/sickness.
3. To render helpless, as by emotion: benumb, numb, paralyze, petrify, stun, stupefy. See affect/ineffectiveness.

v

Definition: droop, decline
Antonyms: bloom, grow

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IN BRIEF: v. - Shrink, especially from a loss of moisture; Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.

The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by frost. — J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - visne hen
v. tr. - visne hen, få til at visne

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdorren, verschrompelen, laten verdorren

Français (French)
v. intr. - se flétrir
v. tr. - flétrir (une plante), flétrir (le visage, des sentiments) (littér)

Deutsch (German)
v. - verwelken, nachlassen, verschrumpeln, verdorren lassen, mit Verachtung strafen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μαραίνω/-ομαι, ξεραίνω/-ομαι, (μτφ.) κεραυνοβολώ, παραλύω

Italiano (Italian)
appassire, rattrappirsi, garrese

Português (Portuguese)
v. - secar, enfraquecer

Русский (Russian)
вянуть, блекнуть, иссушать, губить, лишать силы, уничтожать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - marchitarse, debilitarse, secarse, agostarse, ajarse
v. tr. - marchitar, agostar, ajar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vissna, förtorka, tära på, förtvina

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
枯萎, 感到羞愧, 衰退, 使凋谢, 使畏缩, 使消亡

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 枯萎, 感到羞愧, 衰退
v. tr. - 使凋謝, 使畏縮, 使消亡

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 시들다, 희박해지다
v. tr. - 시들게 하다, 움츠러들게 하다, 쇠약하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しぼむ, しおれる, 弱る, しぼませる, 枯らす, 衰える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يذبل, يشل, يشده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קמל, נבל, התנוון, דעך, תשש, נחלש‬
v. tr. - ‮ייבש, השתיק, הביך, גרם לקמילה, פגע ב-‬

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