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wither

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wither

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈwɪðɚ/

Verb

intransitive transitive figuratively

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. / (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up. / (intransitive, figuratively) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）しおれる、枯れる、萎える / （他動詞）～をしおれさせる、枯らす、萎えさせる / （比喩的に自動詞）勢力や活力を失う、衰える、衰退する

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Without regular rain, the garden's young seedlings began to wither under the relentless sun.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

定期的な雨がないと、庭の若い苗は容赦ない日差しの下でしおれ始めた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.

There was a man which had his hand withered.

c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:

This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, figuratively) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.

names that must not wither

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Sense（4）

(intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.

Sense（5）

(transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.

withers

（ present singular third-person ）

withering

（ participle present ）

withered

（ participle past ）

withered

（ past ）

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