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Withers

//ˈwɪð.ɚz// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson, who have transferred the “debate me, bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live."

Noun
  1. 1
    The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. plural, plural-normally
  2. 2
    the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of wither form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).

Etymology 2

From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).

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