Develop and Wither

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Develop

Develop verb - To become mature.
Usage example: the wine is developing nicely in the new oak barrels
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Wither is an antonym for develop.
Nearby Words: development, developed, developing, developmental, developer

Wither

Wither verb - To lose liveliness, force, or freshness.
Usage example: the old man seemed to wither suddenly upon turning 80
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Develop is an antonym for wither in droop topic.
Nearby Word: withering
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Common collocations

character develop character wither character
life develop life wither life
form develop form wither form

Both words in one sentence

  • Wrong Genetic Sex By default the gonads will develop into ovaries and the vas deferens will disappear, but usually the presence of a Y chromosome causes an androgen reaction that makes the gonads instead become testes and the Fallopian tubes wither away whilst retaining the vas deferens.
    Source: Wrong Genetic Sex
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