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

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]

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

verb 2. weaken, sag, languish, droop

3. wane, fail, sink, flag, fade, diminish, dwindle, wither, ebb, melt away, lose courage

Translations

wilt [wɪlt] vi → marchitarse

wilt [wɪlt] vi → dépérir

wilt [wɪlt] vi [plant] → welken

wilt [wɪlt] vi → appassire

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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 (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 枯萎