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wither [ˈwɪðər, Brit -əʳ] VB intr

1. wither plants:

wither

2. wither fig (lose vitality):

wither

to allow sth to wither

deixar a. c. perder a vida

Usage examples with wither

to allow sth to wither

deixar a. c. perder a vida

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The group withered away by the mid 1980s. en.wikipedia.org

Her husband, described as an over-weight youth, withered away to bones in less than a year. en.wikipedia.org

These flowers and my memory will wither together. en.wikipedia.org

Although it doesn't necessarily have to stay with the possesses person at all times, it must possess "somebody" or it will wither and die. en.wikipedia.org

In this attack, the silver chains were broken and the swans transformed into old, withered people. en.wikipedia.org

Due to a number of highly questionable design decisions, however, a lot of that potential has withered away. en.wikipedia.org

He is an elderly, withered gnome-like man with five and a half wives. en.wikipedia.org

The plant becomes black as the foliage withers at the end of the growing season. en.wikipedia.org

This left the area south of the plant to wither and die. en.wikipedia.org

As before, these attacks withered in the face of intense fire and 170 more casualties were added to the butcher's bill. en.wikipedia.org

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