Wither

Adverb

 * 1)  Against, in opposition to.

Verb

 * 1)  To go against, resist; oppose.

Verb

 * 1)  To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water
 * 2)  To become helpless due to emotion
 * 3)  To cause to shrivel or dry up
 * 4)  To make helpless due to emotion

Thesaurus
Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cave in, cheat the undertaker, collapse, constrict, consume, contract, cure, decline, deflate, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dwindle, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fail, fire, flag, fold, get along, get on, grow old, insolate, kiln, languish, lose strength, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, peak, pine, preshrink, rub, run down, scorch, sear, shake, shrink, shrivel, sink, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, totter, towel, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither away, wizen, wrinkle

Etymology 1
From, from wiþer:, from , from. Cognate with wedder:,  weer:,  wider:, wieder:,  𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰:,  viðr:. More at.

Etymology 2
From witheren:, from  wiþerian:, from. Cognate with wideren:,  widaron:.

Etymology 3
From widren:, wydderen:, related to or perhaps an alteration of  wederen:, from  wederian:. Compare verwittern:. More at.

Verb

 * Arabic: صعق
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 枯萎
 * Danish: visne
 * Dutch: verschrompelen
 * Esperanto:
 * French: flétrir, faner
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 枯れる
 * Korean: 시들다
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ofili
 * Russian: вянуть, завянуть , увянуть , увядать ; сохнуть , засохнуть
 * Serbo-Croatian: venuti, sahnuti
 * Spanish:


 * Romanian:, ofili


 * Spanish: decaer


 * Greek:


 * Romanian:, ofili


 * Romanian:, ofili

Anagrams

 * whiter
 * writhe