wither

verb

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

   “The flowers began to wither in the hot sun without enough water.”

   “She watched as the old tree slowly withered with time.”

   “Without care, the crops will wither and fail to grow.”

2. (transitive)To cause to shrivel or dry up.

   “There was a man which had his hand withered.”

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

   “now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave”

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

   “names that must not wither”

   “States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.”

4. (intransitive)To become helpless due to emotion.
5. (transitive)To make helpless due to emotion.
6. To go against, resist; oppose.

noun

1. (form-of, singular)singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)

   “Timozel had slid his feet quickly from the stirrups and swung his leg over the horse's wither as it slumped to the ground, standing himself in one graceful movement.”

   “If a saddle tips too far forward it may rest on the horse's wither and cause pain. There should always be a gap of roughly 5 cm between the horse's wither and the pommel when you are sitting on the saddle.”

adv

1. (in-compounds, obsolete)Against, in opposition to.

name

1. A surname.