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  • 71die back — verb suffer from a disease that kills shoots The plants near the garage are dying back • Syn: ↑die down • Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback • Hypernyms: ↑shrivel, ↑shrivel up, ↑ …

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  • 72die down — verb 1. suffer from a disease that kills shoots The plants near the garage are dying back • Syn: ↑die back • Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback (for: ↑die back) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 73shriveled — adjective 1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture (Freq. 1) dried up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines • Syn: ↑dried up, ↑s …

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  • 74crine — ˈkrīn verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Scottish Gaelic crīon to wither; akin to Old Irish crīn withered, Latin caries decay more at caries intransitive verb Scotland …

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  • 75snurp — ˈsnərp, nə̄p intransitive verb Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish snäipa to shrivel up, contract, Norwegian snerpa, Danish snerpe; akin to Old High German snerfan to contract, shrivel up, Old Norse snarpr rough, sharp, Gothic… …

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  • 76die on the vine — or[wither on the vine] {v. phr.} To fail or collapse in the planning stages. * /The program for rebuilding the city died on the vine./ …

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  • 77wither on the vine — See: DIE ON THE VINE …

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  • 78die on the vine — or[wither on the vine] {v. phr.} To fail or collapse in the planning stages. * /The program for rebuilding the city died on the vine./ …

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  • 79wither on the vine — See: DIE ON THE VINE …

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  • 80Blast — Blast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. [1913… …

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