noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a plant withers (= becomes drier and starts to die )
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Check that the saddle fits correctly and is neither too low on the withers or spine.
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Distance from withers to elbow and elbow to ground is equal.
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The chest depth should be neither more, nor very much less, than 50 percent of the height of the withers .
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The country was bracken-clothed dunes, the plants so tall that they came over the horse's withers in places.
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The last word in lace and satin withers like a bunch of flowers.
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The metal survives whilst the flesh withers .