- 1[intransitive, transitive] wither (something) if a plant withers or something withers it, it dries up and dies The grass had withered in the warm sun.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- 2[intransitive] wither (away) to become less or weaker, especially before disappearing completely All our hopes just withered away.
wither
verbNAmE//ˈwɪðər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wither he / she / it withers
past simple withered
-ing form withering
Check pronunciation: wither