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 | ||