to waste or pine away

  • 51flag — I n 1. ensign, colors, standard, banner, banneret, pennant, pennon, streamer, banderole; jack, Union Jack, Naut. blue peter, bunting; Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, The Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Bars; tricolor, oriflamme, gonfalon, vexillum …

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  • 52истощаться — ИСТОЩАТЬСЯ1, несов. (сов. истощиться). 1 и 2 л. не употр. Исчезать (исчезнуть), прийти к концу; Син.: испаряться, иссякать [impf. to weaken, dwindle (away); to be exhausted, be completely used up; * to run out]. Прежде горячее желание помочь… …

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  • 53mope — [v] pout, be dejected ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth*, be gloomy, be in a funk*, bleed*, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one’s heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine… …

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  • 54dwindle — verb (dwindled; dwindling) Etymology: probably frequentative of dwine to waste away, from Middle English, from Old English dwīnan; akin to Old Norse dvīna to pine away, deyja to die more at die Date: 1596 intransitive verb to become …

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  • 55List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens — This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who . The list includes some races which are not extraterrestrial, but are nonetheless non human. This list is meant to cover alien races and …

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  • 56изнуряться — ИЗНУРЯТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. изнуриться). Приходить, быть, находиться в состоянии утомления, прийти в подобное состояние; Ант.: взбадриваться [impf. to pine (away), become thin, less active, and lose health and strength slowly through disease; to… …

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  • 57осунуться — ОСУНУТЬСЯ, сов. Измениться в худшую сторону, стать худым, заостренным (о лице) или худым, усталым, болезненным (о внешности человека в целом) [pf. coll. to grow thin, become hollow cheeked, get pinched looking; to be fatigued, be extremely tired; …

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  • 58Shrivel — Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skr[… …

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  • 59Shriveled — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw.… …

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  • 60Shriveling — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw.… …

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