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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] 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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
wilt 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 wilt [wɪlt] vi (flower) → appassire (fig) (person) → crollare; (effort, enthusiasm) → diminuire wilt [wɪlt] vi (flower) → appassire (fig) (person) → crollare; (effort, enthusiasm) → diminuire 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 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. "Nay," cried he, "the wager is none of thine, and get thee gone, straightway, or, by all the saints of heaven, I'll baste thy sides until thou wilt ne'er be able to walk again. |
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