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Noun withers has 2 senses
  1. withers - sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
    --1 is a kind of     sensibility
  2. withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
    --2 is a kind of     body part
    --2 is a part of
     horse, Equus caballus; ox; deer, cervid; sheep
,Verb wither has 2 senses
  1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
    --1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
    --2 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
    Derived form: noun withering1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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