"withers" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪð.ɚz/ [General-American], /ˈwɪð.əz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-withers.wav Forms: wither [singular]
Etymology: From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||s}} + -s, {{cog|de|Widerrist||withers}} German Widerrist (“withers”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=wither}} withers pl (normally plural, singular wither)
  1. The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Horses Hyponyms: nape Derived forms: fistulous withers, wither-wrung, wring one's withers Coordinate_terms: scruff Translations (part of the back of a draft animal): creu [feminine] (Catalan), creuera [feminine] (Catalan), kohoutek [masculine] (Czech), schoft [common-gender] (Dutch), säkä (Finnish), garrot [masculine] (French), cernella [feminine] (Galician), agulla [feminine] (Galician), cruz [feminine] (Galician), Widerrist [masculine] (German), ακρωμία (akromía) [feminine] (Greek), mar (Hungarian), garrese [masculine] (Italian), kelasa (Malay), kłąb [masculine] (Polish), cernelha [feminine] (Portuguese), хо́лка (xólka) [feminine] (Russian), cruz [feminine] (Spanish), manke [common-gender] (Swedish), omuz (Turkish), warot [masculine] (Walloon), cudyn ysgwydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-withers-en-noun-ptehx2MZ Disambiguation of Anatomy: 65 35 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 62 38 Disambiguation of Horses: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 46 54

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪð.ɚz/ [General-American], /ˈwɪð.əz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-withers.wav
Etymology: From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||s}} + -s, {{cog|de|Widerrist||withers}} German Widerrist (“withers”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} withers
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wither Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: wither Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-withers-en-verb-j3SI~fak Disambiguation of Horses: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 46 54

Inflected forms

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