what does withers mean?
WITHERS as NOUN
- Meaning
- the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
Hypernyms(s) withers is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one’’s withers”)
Usage Example(s)
- the lawsuit was wringing his withers
- our withers are unwrung–Shakespeare
Hypernyms(s) withers is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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