शुष् 4 P. (शुष्यति, शुष्क)
1 To be dried, become dry or parched up; तृषा शुष्यत्यास्ये पिबति सलिलं स्वादु सुर- भि Bh. 3. 92.
2 to be withered.
3 To languish, become emaciated; Pt. 1. 49.
4 To be afflicted or distressed. -Caus. (शोषयति-ते)
1 To dry up, wither, parch; न शोषयति मारुतः Bg. 2. 23.
2 To emaciate.
3 To destroy.
4 To extinguish.
5 To drain, suck up, absorb.
6 To exhaust, empty. −WITH उद −परि 1. to be dried up, dry up; Bk. 10. 41; Bg. 1. 29.
2 to pine, decay, wither. −वि, -सं to be dried up.