"wither away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: withers away [present, singular, third-person], withering away [participle, present], withered away [participle, past], withered away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wither away (third-person singular simple present withers away, present participle withering away, simple past and past participle withered away)
  1. (intransitive) To atrophy, or waste away. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: withering away of the state (english: political, Marxist hypothetical utopian society) Translations (Translations): kuihtua (Finnish), riutua (Finnish), solup gitmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wither_away-en-verb-gmFI~HzM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wither away meaning in English (1.4kB)

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