withers – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
withers
n.
highest part of the back (i.e. of a horse or other similar four-legged animals)
wither
v.
wilt, fade; become shriveled; degenerate; cause to be ashamed (as with a look of scorn); harm; shrivel, dry
Withers
The
withers is the ridge between the
shoulder blades of a four-legged mammal. In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast,
cattle are normally measured to the top of the hips).
withers
Noun
1. sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
(hypernym) sensibility
2. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) horse, Equus caballus
wither
Verb
1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
(synonym) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(hyponym) atrophy
2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
(synonym) fade
(hypernym) disappear, vanish, go away
(derivation) atrophy, withering
wither
v.
vadnout; nechat zvadnout; postupně mizet
wither
Czas.
usychać; więdnąć; powodować usychanie/więdnięcie; zanikać
