засыха́ть

rare #33688verbimperfective 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 freshnesscolloquialfigurative
Она́ засыха́ет в э́том го́роде без друзе́й.
She is withering away in this city without friends.

Examples

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

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