засыха́ть

rare #38283

verbimperfective perfective is засо́хнуть

1.
to wither, to dry up, to wilt
Без полива цветы́ бы́стро засыха́ют.
Without watering the flowers quickly wither.
Of plants trees grass etc.
2.
to dry out, to become hard, to dry up
Клей бы́стро засыха́ет на во́здухе.
The glue dries hard quickly in the air.
Of bread paint glue soil etc.
3.
to waste away, to wither away, to lose one's freshness
Она́ засыха́ет в э́том го́роде без друзе́й.
She is withering away in this city without friends.
Colloquial and figurative.
4.
(rare) to pine (for someone), to be lovesick
Он уже́ год засыха́ет по сосе́дке.
He has been pining for the girl next door for a year now.
Colloquial and dated.

Examples

Дерево начало засыхать после морозов.
The tree began to dry out after the frosts.
Дерево, изгрызаемое жуками, медленно засыхало.
The tree being eaten away by beetles was slowly drying up.
Без внимания их любовь стала засыхать.
Their love began to wither without attention.
Цветы засыхают без воды.
The flowers are drying up without water.
Корень дерева, оголяемый ветром, начал засыхать.
The tree root, exposed by the wind, began to dry out.
Цветы́ засыха́ли без воды.
The flowers were dying without water.

Imperative
ты	засыха́й
вы	засыха́йте

Active present	засыха́ющий	drying up, withering, fading, shriveling
Active past	засыха́вший	drying up, withering, parching
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	засыха́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	засыхав засыхавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
высыха́ть	вы-	to dry out; to waste away
досыха́ть	до-	to dry up
засыха́ть	за-	to wither; to dry out; to waste away; to pine (for someone)
иссыха́ть	ис-	to wither up or to become thin (reaching complete exhaustion)