Withers

What do we mean by withers?

The high part of the back of a horse or other quadruped, located between the shoulder blades. noun plural

The highest part of the back of a horse, between the shoulderblades and behind the root of the neck, where the mane ceases to grow: as, a horse 15 hands high at the withers. noun

The barbs or flukes of a harpoon; the witters: so called by British whalemen. noun

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of horse. noun plural

The part of the back of a draft animal or horse that is the highest, between the shoulder blades. noun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wither. verb

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

To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

To cause to shrivel or dry up.

To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.

To become helpless due to emotion.

To make helpless due to emotion.

Words that are spelled similarly to withers:
withers, wither, dithers, withes, wethers, zithers, wishers, witters, tithers, mithers, swithers, cithers.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word withers:
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Words that rhyme with withers:
smithers, dithers, zithers, with hers.

Adjectives that are often used to describe withers:
high, fistulous, individual, old, low, late, whole, own, good, prominent, young, very, sharp, sore, thin, soon, third, poor, bony, sweet, thick, wretched, severe, evil, defined, self, fine, green, spiritual, former, wrung, damp, bitten, lofty, flat, dry, elevated, everlasting, crookston, honest, shaggy, pupillaris, wet, dead, laurel, equine, sloping, lean, smooth, grass, rich, membrana, famous, conventional, top, sentimental, worthy, decent, comfortable, landlord, astonished, harrovian, fellow, interval, weary, affective, sensitive, boiled, ragged, detective.

Consonant match to withers:
worthies, weathers, wethers, were these, with hers, woo these.

Words that sound like withers:
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