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schwächer werden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  • 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 reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  2. verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
  3. verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
  4. verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

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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