witheringn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/

Etymology: < wither v.² + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of wither v.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth

withering?1523

unthriftiness1707

welting1766

marcescence1855

wilting1884

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > dryness or witheredness > action or fact of

withering?1523

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of having lost freshness > losing freshness

wallowingc1230

welkeningc1450

withering?1523

quailing1542

wilt1855

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > withering

blasting1597

aridity1599

witheringa1631

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii The yonger and the grener that the grasse is the softer and the sweter it wyl be but it wyll haue the more wyddrynge.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 These enormous witherings of our bodies are allowable.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xxiii. 289 A Withering, is a Symptom which is incident to joints wounded.

1796 in J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth (1799) 517 What fell off from the whins, broom, firs, &c. in the course of their withering.

1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China viii. 157 The peculiar red appearance of this tea is produced..by tossing the leaves on trays..to promote the withering.

1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. vii. 115 The withering of a hand which was cured again.

1862 A. Helps Organization Daily Life 5 The waste of time, and the withering-up of enjoyment.

1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 25 The remaining withering-away of the N in Scandinavia is in the infinitive.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 845 Spontaneous withering or retrogression of certain of the tumours.

1903 C. Bald Indian Tea (1917) xv. 218 Withering in the sun is fatal to fine quality.

b. attributive.

ΚΠ

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 267 After the Malt has lain on the withering Floors about twelve or fourteen days.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xix. 184 The learned gentleman who does the withering business, and who blights all opponents with his gloomy sarcasm.

1897 D. Crole Tea vii. 114 A withering~house 100 yards long..will..accommodate about 140 maunds of leaf.

2. concrete. Withered branches or brushwood, used in making fences, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for fencing

wattling1622

hurdle-wood1649

paling1664

withering1852

1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 46 A man-made barrier of stakes and ‘witherings’.

1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) xiv. 104 The rotten stakes and witherings of a low, ill, made-up gap.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

witheringadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/

Etymology: < wither v.² + -ing suffix².

That withers, in various senses.

1. Fading, decaying. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > growing poorly or withering

feyOE

withering1599

weak1600

misliking1601

unfirm1616

languishing1683

sickly1697

marcescent1727

weakly1775

miffy1850

wilting1884

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > losing freshness

welkinga1400

withering1599

weltering1657

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. G1 Widdring weids.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 2 This withering and transitory life.

1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin xiv. 235 There may be a withering member in the body.

1680 T. Otway Orphan iv. 54 Desire shall languish like a withering Flower.

1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 13 The bare arms broken from the withering tree.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 938 There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never with'ring wreaths.

1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xxxii. 17 On the withering flower The killing sun smiles brightly.

2. Causing to fade or decay (literal and figurative); esp. causing decay of vigour or paralysis of effort; blasting, blighting; often applied to the ‘paralysing’ effect of scornful looks, criticism, and the like, and to destructive gunfire.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > that causes deterioration

withering1579

aggravative1648

aggravable1664

disimproving1813

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > drying > withering

withering1579

arent1607

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > blighting or blasting plants, etc.

withering1579

blasterous1582

blasty1667

blighty1731

blightening1743

blighting1796

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Argt. A dry and withering cold.

1599 S. Daniel Musophilus 167 Whereas he came planted in the Spring,..We, set in th' Autumne, in the withering And sullen season of a cold defect, Must [etc.].

16.. N. Breton C'tess Penbrooke's Love xlviii. (Grosart) 6/1 Wethering Winter gives her chillinge cheare.

1747 W. Collins Odes 48 With a with'ring Look.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 110 A withering scowl she wore.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 113 Oh! hide him from that Witch's withering sight!

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. x. 48 The withering sense of evil unreveal'd.

1849 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers 114 Vainly sped the withering volley 'Mongst the foremost of our band.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. v. 162 Elsley..cast on him a look which he intended to have been withering.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiv. 135 A blighting and withering dominion.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 174 Our withering fire knocked the poor fellows over and over.

Derivatives

ˈwitheringly adv. literal and figurative

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb]

worseeOE

waurc1175

downhilla1398

downwarda1400

worser1547

bastardlike1563

degenerously1627

degenerately1645

witheringly1815

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adverb] > in a withering manner

witheringly1815

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adverb]

offensively1576

witheringly1815

vandalistically1922

1815 Ld. Byron Wild Gazelle iv, in Hebrew Melodies 10 We must wander witheringly, In other lands to die.

1819 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (1820) 64 The gathered flower droops witheringly away.

1835 M. Scott in Blackwood's Mag. 37 452 My uncle..looked so witheringly at him.

1905 R. Bagot Passport xiii. 116 ‘Then, may I ask, what is the use of sending me on a fool's errand?’ the professor retorted, witheringly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	withering
释义	witheringn. Brit. /ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/ Etymology: < wither v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of wither v.² ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth withering?1523 unthriftiness1707 welting1766 marcescence1855 wilting1884 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > dryness or witheredness > action or fact of withering?1523 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of having lost freshness > losing freshness wallowingc1230 welkeningc1450 withering?1523 quailing1542 wilt1855 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > withering blasting1597 aridity1599 witheringa1631 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii The yonger and the grener that the grasse is the softer and the sweter it wyl be but it wyll haue the more wyddrynge. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 These enormous witherings of our bodies are allowable. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xxiii. 289 A Withering, is a Symptom which is incident to joints wounded. 1796 in J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth (1799) 517 What fell off from the whins, broom, firs, &c. in the course of their withering. 1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China viii. 157 The peculiar red appearance of this tea is produced..by tossing the leaves on trays..to promote the withering. 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. vii. 115 The withering of a hand which was cured again. 1862 A. Helps Organization Daily Life 5 The waste of time, and the withering-up of enjoyment. 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 25 The remaining withering-away of the N in Scandinavia is in the infinitive. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 845 Spontaneous withering or retrogression of certain of the tumours. 1903 C. Bald Indian Tea (1917) xv. 218 Withering in the sun is fatal to fine quality. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 267 After the Malt has lain on the withering Floors about twelve or fourteen days. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xix. 184 The learned gentleman who does the withering business, and who blights all opponents with his gloomy sarcasm. 1897 D. Crole Tea vii. 114 A withering~house 100 yards long..will..accommodate about 140 maunds of leaf. 2. concrete. Withered branches or brushwood, used in making fences, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for fencing wattling1622 hurdle-wood1649 paling1664 withering1852 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 46 A man-made barrier of stakes and ‘witherings’. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) xiv. 104 The rotten stakes and witherings of a low, ill, made-up gap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). witheringadj. Brit. /ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪð(ə)rɪŋ/ Etymology: < wither v.² + -ing suffix². That withers, in various senses. 1. Fading, decaying. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > growing poorly or withering feyOE withering1599 weak1600 misliking1601 unfirm1616 languishing1683 sickly1697 marcescent1727 weakly1775 miffy1850 wilting1884 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > losing freshness welkinga1400 withering1599 weltering1657 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. G1 Widdring weids. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 2 This withering and transitory life. 1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin xiv. 235 There may be a withering member in the body. 1680 T. Otway Orphan iv. 54 Desire shall languish like a withering Flower. 1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 13 The bare arms broken from the withering tree. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 938 There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never with'ring wreaths. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xxxii. 17 On the withering flower The killing sun smiles brightly. 2. Causing to fade or decay (literal and figurative); esp. causing decay of vigour or paralysis of effort; blasting, blighting; often applied to the ‘paralysing’ effect of scornful looks, criticism, and the like, and to destructive gunfire. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > that causes deterioration withering1579 aggravative1648 aggravable1664 disimproving1813 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > drying > withering withering1579 arent1607 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > blighting or blasting plants, etc. withering1579 blasterous1582 blasty1667 blighty1731 blightening1743 blighting1796 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Argt. A dry and withering cold. 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus 167 Whereas he came planted in the Spring,..We, set in th' Autumne, in the withering And sullen season of a cold defect, Must [etc.]. 16.. N. Breton C'tess Penbrooke's Love xlviii. (Grosart) 6/1 Wethering Winter gives her chillinge cheare. 1747 W. Collins Odes 48 With a with'ring Look. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 110 A withering scowl she wore. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 113 Oh! hide him from that Witch's withering sight! 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. x. 48 The withering sense of evil unreveal'd. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers 114 Vainly sped the withering volley 'Mongst the foremost of our band. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. v. 162 Elsley..cast on him a look which he intended to have been withering. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiv. 135 A blighting and withering dominion. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 174 Our withering fire knocked the poor fellows over and over. Derivatives ˈwitheringly adv. literal and figurative ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb] worseeOE waurc1175 downhilla1398 downwarda1400 worser1547 bastardlike1563 degenerously1627 degenerately1645 witheringly1815 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adverb] > in a withering manner witheringly1815 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adverb] offensively1576 witheringly1815 vandalistically1922 1815 Ld. Byron Wild Gazelle iv, in Hebrew Melodies 10 We must wander witheringly, In other lands to die. 1819 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (1820) 64 The gathered flower droops witheringly away. 1835 M. Scott in Blackwood's Mag. 37 452 My uncle..looked so witheringly at him. 1905 R. Bagot Passport xiii. 116 ‘Then, may I ask, what is the use of sending me on a fool's errand?’ the professor retorted, witheringly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1523adj.1579
随便看	grimaced grimacer grimacers grimacery grimaces grimacier grimacing grimacingly grimaldi grimaldi skull grimaldian grimalkin grimalkined grimalkins grimask grimbarian grimblue grimcundleȝc grime grime the face of grimed grimes grimful grimgribber grimgrinning