Wilt

Quick meaning: Wilt is a verb meaning (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

Meaning

(intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
2. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
3. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
4. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
5. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
6. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of will

Example Sentences

If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance.

'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.

Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.

Word Forms

• wilts
• wilting
• wilted

Synonyms for wilt

Depending on context, synonyms include droop, wilting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include droop, wither, rot, decline, languish, die.

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