intransitive. To waste or pine away; to decline in vigour, languish, fade, wither.

To wither or shrivel through withdrawal of vital fluid or failure of strength. Obsolete.

intransitive. To waste away, languish; to dwindle away, decrease, die. Also: to vanish, disappear.

Of a person or living thing: To lose strength, health, or vitality; to lose flesh or substance, pine, decay; to become gradually weak or enfeebled.

intransitive. Of a person or animal: to become exhausted or wasted from physical or emotional suffering, esp. from hunger, disease, or grief; to…

intransitive. Of a person: to suffer from a chronic infection or wasting disease, esp. as the result of imprisonment. Frequently in extended use: to…

intransitive. (a) To languish, pine away; (b) to be mortally sick or diseased. (Often in past participle in intransitive sense.)

with away.

intransitive. Of a person: to waste away, esp. from disease; (also) to pine. Also with away. Obsolete.

To fall off in vital energy; to lose health and strength (of body or faculties); also, to lose the bloom of youth and health.

intransitive. To wither; to pine or waste away.

intransitive. To pine or waste away. Cf. puling, adj. 2. Now rare and archaic.

intransitive. To rot, decay.

intransitive. Of a person's constitution, health, etc.: to decline, weaken. Also: (of a person) to decline in health, vigour, etc.; to become…

intransitive. To waste away gradually, become emaciated. rare.