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schwächer werden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attenuate verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
  • wither verb To shrink, dry up, or lose freshness, especially from lack of water.

Senses

schwächer werden is used for these senses in English:

  • attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
  • wither (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.

attenuate — full definition

  1. verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
  2. verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
  3. verb To grow thinner or become less.
  4. verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.

wither — full definition

  1. verb To shrink, dry up, or lose freshness, especially from lack of water.
  2. verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or importance.
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