withers
Speech parts
1. withers - Noun
2. withers - Verb
3. withers - Preposition
4. Withers - Proper noun
Meaning
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.
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Examples
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
Living in age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
What blossoms beautifully, withers fast.
When the tree dies, the grass underneath withers.
Who walks gains, who sits withers.