Dictionary Entry
wither
wither is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
- 2noun
To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies.
- 3noun
To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.
- 4transitive verb
To cause to fade, and become dry.
- 5transitive verb
To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.
- 6transitive verb
To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.
- 7verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"
- 8verb
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
"Her bloom was fading"
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