Synonyms for withers
ˈwɪð ərzwith·ers

Princeton's WordNet

1. withersnoun

   the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

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1. • Body Part

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1. Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol:

   Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there.

2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck:

   The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

3. H.W. Mann:

   The garden we tend to flourishes, the garden we neglect withers away

4. Josiah Gilbert Holland:

   One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

5. Anthony David -LRB- @anthonydavidatl -RRB-:

   I just recently did a Bill Withers tribute and that was way more awkward than I thought.