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

1. Become dry, thin and weak or dead due to loss of water
   "The fruit dried and withered";
   - shrivel, shrivel up, shrink
    
2. Lose freshness, vigour, or vitality
   "Her bloom was withering";
   - fade

Type of: body part, decrease, diminish, disappear, fall, go away, lessen, vanish

Part of: cervid, deer, Equus caballus, horse, jumbuck [Austral], ox, sheep

Encyclopedia: Withers, Michael