Meaning

1 senses

  1. To atrophy, or waste away.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. The flowers withered away because nobody watered them.

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  2. What is left when the flowers of time wither away?

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  3. Countries may rot and wither away due to a lack of a secular state.

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  4. The plants withered away.

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  5. Its roots have withered away.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

withers away, withering away, withered away, withered away
Base formwither away · to wither away
3rd person singularwithers away
Present participlewithering away
Past simplewithered away
Past participlewithered away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywither away
he, she, itwithers away

Past simpleLesson

all personswithered away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave withered away
he, she, ithas withered away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wither away

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
withewitherB1withholdwithinA2
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