wilt
verb /wɪlt/
/wɪlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wilt | /wɪlt/ /wɪlt/ |
| he / she / it wilts | /wɪlts/ /wɪlts/ |
| past simple wilted | /ˈwɪltɪd/ /ˈwɪltɪd/ |
| past participle wilted | /ˈwɪltɪd/ /ˈwɪltɪd/ |
| -ing form wilting | /ˈwɪltɪŋ/ /ˈwɪltɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a plant or flower) to bend towards the ground because of the heat or a lack of water
- Some of the leaves were beginning to wilt.
- The plants will wilt in direct sunlight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- visibly
- begin to
- in
- under
- with
- …
- [intransitive] (informal) to become weak or tired or less confident synonym flag
- The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun.
- He was wilting under the pressure of work.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- By half-time, the team was wilting under the pressure.
- The passengers were visibly wilting with the heat and movement of the bus.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- visibly
- begin to
- in
- under
- with
- …
- thou wilt(old use) used to mean ‘you will’, when talking to one person
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 17th cent. (originally dialect): perhaps an alteration of dialect welk ‘lose freshness’, of Low German origin.