verwelken

v/i Blumen: wilt; Blätter etc.: wither; fig., Ruhm etc.: fade

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to wither; to wilt; to fade

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ver|wẹl|ken ptp verwe\#lkt

vi aux sein

(Blumen) to wilt; (fig) to fade

ein verwelktes Gesicht — a worn face

eine verwelkte Schönheit — a faded beauty

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1) (to shrivel: The flowers shrivelled up; The heat shrivelled up the flowers.) shrivel up

2) (to make or become dried up, wrinkled and withered: The flowers shrivelled in the heat.) shrivel

3) ((of flowers) to droop: The plants are wilting because they haven't been watered.) wilt

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ver·wel·ken *

vi Hilfsverb: sein to wilt

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intransitives Verb; mit sein wilt; (fig.) <fame> fade

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verwelken v/i Blumen: wilt; Blätter etc: wither; fig, Ruhm etc: fade

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intransitives Verb; mit sein wilt; (fig.) <fame> fade

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v.

to fade v.