nalawos : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
nalawos - lawos - na-~
na.la.wus. - 3 syllables

na- = nalawos
nalawos

nalawos :	withered (adj.)
lawos [la.wus.] :	dryout (adj.); shrivel (v.); wither (v.)

Derivatives of lawos

Glosses:

withered
adj.	1. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened	lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
	~ lean, thin	lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
adj.	2. dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered	(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture.; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
	~ botany, flora, vegetation	all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
	~ dry	free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
shrivel
v. (change)	1. shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither	wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
	~ atrophy	undergo atrophy.; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
	~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall	decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
	~ blast	shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.
	~ die back, die down	suffer from a disease that kills shoots.; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
	~ dry up, mummify	dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.; "a mummified body was found"
v. (change)	2. shrink, shrivel	decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
	~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall	decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
wither
v. (change)	1. fade, wither	lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading"
	~ disappear, vanish, go away	get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace"