Collocations for "wither"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wither" in context.
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wither
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- the [plants, trees, garden] withered
- the [sun, heat, heatwave] withered the crops
- [he, his body, the plant, the garden] withered away
- wither away into [nothingness, irrelevance, dust, obscurity]
- wither in [the sun, the heat]
- withered with [time, age]
- withered by [time, age]
- wither from [neglect, disuse, within]
- wither [slowly, quickly]
- [have] withered like leaves
- [allowed, began] to wither
- wither and die
- withered on the vine