[ˈwɪðə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled
(e.g: the grass had withered to an unappealing brown)

- fall into decay or decline
(e.g: it is not true that old myths either die or wither away)

- humiliate (someone) with a scornful look or manner
(e.g: she withered him with a glance)


Phrases:
- wither on the vine

Origin:
late Middle English: apparently a variant of weather, ultimately differentiated for certain senses