to wither
→
to lose colour
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | matxardalar | |
| Meaning 1 | to wither | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to fade, lose colour | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 96 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | fade | |
| Meaning 1 | to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant | A rose will bloom It then will fade So does a youth So does the fairest maid (Eugene Walter) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color | The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise (Margery Allingham, The China Governess) |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||