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Noun withers has 2 senses
- withers - sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
--1 is a kind of sensibility
- withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
--2 is a kind of body part
--2 is a part of
Verb wither has 2 senses
- shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
--1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
--2 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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