1. The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
   "The rider measured the horse's height at the withers"

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, come down, decrease, dent, diminish, disappear, fall, go away, go down, lessen, sink, vanish

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

Encyclopedia: Withers, Richard