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wilt

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wilt 1  (wlt)
v. wilt·ed, wilt·ing, wilts
v.intr.
1. To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat.
2. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly: "His brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness" Vladimir Nabokov.
v.tr.
1. To cause to droop or lose freshness.
2. To deprive of energy or vigor; fatigue or exhaust.
n.
1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by slow or rapid collapse of terminal shoots, branches, or entire plants.

[Possibly alteration of dialectal welk, from Middle English welken.]

wilt
Verb
1. (of a flower or plant) to become limp or drooping
2. (of a person) to lose strength or confidence [perhaps from obsolete wilk to wither]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wiltwilt - any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
plant disease - a disease that affects plants
granville wilt - a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants
fusarium wilt - wilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium
verticilliosis - wilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium
2.wiltwilt - causing to become limp or drooping  
weakening - the act of reducing the strength of something
Verb1.wiltwilt - lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"
weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
2.wiltwilt - become limp; "The flowers wilted"    
decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

wilt
verb 1. droop, wither, sag, shrivel, become limp or flaccid
verb 2. weaken, sag, languish, droop
3. wane, fail, sink, flag, fade, diminish, dwindle, wither, ebb, melt away, lose courage
Translations

wilt [wɪlt] vimarchitarse
wilt [wɪlt] vidépérir
wilt [wɪlt] vi [plant] → welken
wilt [wɪlt] viappassire

wilt
v wilt [wilt]
(of flowers) to droop The plants are wilting because they haven't been watered. verwelk يَذْبُل، يَذْوي увяхвам zvadnout visne verwelken μαραίνομαι marchitarse närbuma پلاسيده و پژمرده شدن nuutua (se) faner לִקמוֹל मुर्झाना uvenuti (el)hervad melayu visna, sölna appassire しおれる (화초 등이) 시들다; 시들게하다 vysti []vīst layu verwelken visne, tørke inn więdnąć murchar a (se) veşteji поникать (z)vädnúť, uschnúť oveneti uvenuti sloka เฉา; เหี่ยว solmak, kurumak 枯萎 в'янути, никнути پودے کا مرجھانا rủ xuống


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Wilt thou yet purge it out of thee, and be once more human?
"Yes," said the thorn-bush; "but I will not tell thee which way he took, unless thou wilt first warm me up at thy heart.
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