1 to be swept by the wind

2 to be blown about by the wind

3 to be routed (in battle etc)

1 to wilt

2 to wither

3 wilted

4 withered

5 drained

6 enervated

7 exhausted

1 fashionable

2 popular

1 to wither

2 to dry up (of a plant)

3 to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

1 dispirited

2 depressed

1 a wise man has passed away (idiom)

1 to sweep everything before one

2 to be invincible (idiom)

1 dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast

1 to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)

1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle