whither
To cause to hurry; to hasten, to hurryTo cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
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» From whence comest thou, and whither art thou bound?
Wo kommst du her und wo willst du hin? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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5 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, transitive)To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, transitive)To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive)To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive)To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive)Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.
Examples
6 sentencesFrom whence comest thou, and whither art thou bound?
deWo kommst du her und wo willst du hin? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't let your vocabulary whither.
Then he searched for her in the grotto, whither she had fled, and whence she had been dragged away.
deDann suchte er sie in der Grotte, wohin sie geflohen war und woher man sie verschleppt hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He wasn't certain in which direction he should go and he'd forgotten whither he was traveling and who he was.
deEr war sich nicht sicher, in welche Richtung er gehen sollte, und er hatte vergessen, wohin er reiste und wer er war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Whither shall one flee? Where shall I go and abide?
Origin
The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickThe verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”).
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Forms
whithers, whithering, whithered, whitheredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.