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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
wither⇒ vi	(plant: shrivel) (planta)	marchitarse⇒ v prnl
	(flor)	morirse⇒ v prnl
	Evelyn forgot to water her houseplants and they withered.
	Evelyn olvidó regar las plantas de interior y estas se marchitaron.
wither vi	(body part: weaken, shrink)	debilitarse⇒ v prnl
		atrofiarse⇒ v prnl
	Polio can cause the limbs to wither.
	La polio puede hacer que las extremidades se debiliten.
wither vi	figurative (lose vitality) (figurado)	apagarse⇒ v prnl
		marchitarse⇒ v prnl
	Glenn's enthusiasm withered after ten years doing the same job.
	El entusiasmo de Glenn se apagó después de diez años de hacer el mismo trabajo.
wither [sth]⇒ vtr	(plant: cause to shrivel)	marchitar⇒ vtr
	The intense heat from the sun withered the delicate seedlings.
	El calor intenso del sol marchitó las delicadas plantas de semillero.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
withers npl	(animal's shoulders, back: horse, elk) (zoología)	cruz nf
	The saddle should sit just behind the withers.
	La montura debería colocarse justo detrás de la cruz.
wither [sb]⇒ vtr	(humiliate, abash) (figurado)	fulminar a vtr + prep
	(figurado)	destruir a vtr + prep
	Tom knew he had made a stupid comment when the professor, instead of answering, merely withered him with a look.
	Tom supo que había hecho un comentario estúpido cuando el profesor, en vez de responder, le fulminó con la mirada.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
wither away vi + adv	(weaken and die)	marchitarse⇒ v prnl
	Those plants will just wither away unless you water them regularly.
	Esas plantas se marchitarán a menos que las riegues regularmente.
wither away vi + adv	figurative (decline, fade away) (figurado)	marchitarse⇒ v prnl
		debilitarse⇒ v prnl
	The movement started off strongly, with hundreds of members, but gradually it withered away.
	El movimiento comenzó con fuerza, con cientos de miembros, pero gradualmente se marchitó.
wither on the vine v expr	figurative (hopes, plans: fail)	marchitarse sin dar frutos loc verb

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'wither' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

atrophy - blast - lose its bloom - wilt

Spanish:

marchitar - maltratar - agostar - ajar - quemar - anublar - desflorar - mustiar

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Synonyms: shrivel, shrink, droop, wilt, decay, more...

Collocations: the [plants, trees, garden] withered, the [sun, heat, heatwave] withered the crops, [he, his body, the plant, the garden] withered away, more...

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