withering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: withering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for withering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
withering adj wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" Synonym(s): annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert Synonym(s): annihilating, devastating, withering n any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) Synonym(s): atrophy, withering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Withered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withering}.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see {Weather}, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.] 1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up. Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii. 9. 2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin[?] away, as animal bodies. This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak. There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt. xii. 10. Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave. --Dryden. 3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. [bd]Names that must not wither.[b8] --Byron. States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withering \With"ering\, a. Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. -- {With"ering*ly}, adv.