Definitions for Wither

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IPA: /ˈwɪð ər/

Wither is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in Wither (ehirtw).

Definitions for Wither

noun

1. George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.

verb (used with object)

1. to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.:
2. to affect harmfully:
3. to abash, as by a scathing glance:

verb (used without object)

1. to shrivel; fade; decay:
2. to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away).

Origin of Wither

1250-1300; Middle English, perhaps variant of weather (v.)

Examples for Wither

They will not wither in the least if kept out of direct sunshine for a few days.

Keats and wither will serve as examples with which to finish our argument.

Will he, like Khal Drogo before him, wither away from an infected wound?

In spite of all that has been said Keats takes higher rank as poet than wither?

But as time goes by, Chloe falls ill and begins to wither away.

If I had I would use it all to scorch and wither this talking of surrender.

Why this reluctant partnership might be best left to wither.

We never see Him bring the bud to the eve of blossoming just to wither it.

Yet when it comes to Palestinians under Israel's control, the humanistic approach to children's welfare tends to wither.

And second, the right-wing political class, operatives and people at think tanks, who want the welfare state to wither away.