verb🔗ShareWelken, verdorrenTo shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water."The potted plant withered because it hadn't been watered for a week. "Die Topfpflanze welkte, weil sie eine Woche lang nicht gegossen worden war.plantenvironmentnatureagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVerwelken, verdorrenTo cause to shrivel or dry up."The plant withers if you forget to water it. "Die Pflanze verwelkt, wenn du vergisst, sie zu gießen.naturebiologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVerwelken, verdorrenTo lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away."The plant withers if you forget to water it. "Die Pflanze verwelkt, wenn man vergisst, sie zu gießen.naturebiologyphysiologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVerwelken, verschmachtenTo become helpless due to emotion."Seeing the disappointment on her child's face withers her inside. "Der Anblick der Enttäuschung im Gesicht ihres Kindes lässt sie innerlich verschmachten.emotionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareZermürben, lähmenTo make helpless due to emotion."The news of her grandmother's illness withered her; she felt completely helpless and unable to focus on her studies. "Die Nachricht von der Krankheit ihrer Großmutter zermürbte sie; sie fühlte sich völlig hilflos und unfähig, sich auf ihr Studium zu konzentrieren.emotionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSich widersetzen, widerstehenTo go against, resist; oppose."The stubborn child withers against his parents' demands to do his homework. "Das störrische Kind widersetzt sich den Forderungen seiner Eltern, seine Hausaufgaben zu machen.attitudeactionpoliticsgovernmentsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareWiderristThe part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height."The veterinarian measured the pony's height at its withers to determine if it was tall enough to ride. "Der Tierarzt maß die Höhe des Ponys am Widerrist, um festzustellen, ob es groß genug zum Reiten war.animalanatomybodypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
