wilt

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.

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

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wilt ²  (wlt)

aux.v. Archaic

A second person singular present tense of will².

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wilt¹

vb

1. to become or cause to become limp, flaccid, or drooping insufficient water makes plants wilt

2. to lose or cause to lose courage, strength, etc.

n

1. the act of wilting or state of becoming wilted

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) any of various plant diseases characterized by permanent wilting, usually caused by fungal parasites attacking the roots

[perhaps variant of wilk to wither, from Middle Dutch welken]

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wilt²

vb

Archaic or dialect (used with the pronoun thou or its relative equivalent) a singular form of the present tense (indicative mood) of will¹

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wilt - any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots wilt disease 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.	wilt - causing to become limp or drooping   wilting weakening - the act of reducing the strength of something
Verb	1.	wilt - lose strength; "My opponent was wilting" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	2.	wilt - become limp; "The flowers wilted"     droop decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

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wilt

verb

1. droop, wither, sag, shrivel, become limp or flaccid The roses wilted the day after she bought them.

2. weaken, sag, languish, droop She began to wilt in the morning heat.

3. wane, fail, sink, flag, fade, diminish, dwindle, wither, ebb, melt away, lose courage Their resolution wilted in the face of such powerful opposition.

Translations

wilt¹ [wɪlt]

A. VI

1. [flower] → marchitarse

2. (fig) (= lose strength) → debilitarse; (= lose courage) → perder el ánimo, desanimarse
we were beginning to wilt in the heat → el calor estaba empezando a hacernos desfallecer

B. VT

1. (lit) → marchitar

2. (fig) → debilitar

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wilt [ˈwɪlt] vi → dépérir

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wilt²

vi

(flowers) → welken, verwelken, welk werden

(person) → matt werden; (after physical exercise) → schlapp werden; (enthusiasm, energy) → abflauen

vt → ausdörren

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wilt [wɪlt] vi (flower) → appassire (fig) (person) → crollare; (effort, enthusiasm) → diminuire

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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 시들다 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 枯萎

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wilt → يَذبُل vadnout visne welken μαραίνω marchitarse kuihtua se faner venuti appassire しおれる 시들다 verwelken visne zmarnieć murchar увядать vissna เหี่ยวเฉา solmak héo 枯萎