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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wilt1 /wɪlt/USA pronunciation v. - Plant Diseasesto (cause to) become limp and drooping, as a flower: [no object]The plants began to wilt in the hot weather.[~ + object]The hot weather will wilt the plants.
- to lose strength, vigor, or courage:[no object]Under pressure he would wilt and give up.
wilt2 /wɪlt/USA pronunciation v. [Archaic.]- second pers. sing. pres. indic. of will1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wilt1 (wilt),USA pronunciation v.i. - to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower;
wither. - to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.:to wilt after a day's hard work.
v.t. - to cause to wilt.
n. - the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:a sudden wilt of interest in the discussion.
- Plant Diseases
- the drying out, drooping, and withering of the leaves of a plant due to inadequate water supply, excessive transpiration, or vascular disease.
- a disease so characterized, as fusarium wilt.
- Insectsa virus disease of various caterpillars, characterized by the liquefaction of body tissues.
Also, wilt′ disease′ (for defs. 5b, 6). - Middle Dutch welken; compare German welk withered
- dialect, dialectal variant of wilk to wither, itself variant of welk, Middle English welken, probably 1685–95
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wane, droop; ebb, weaken.
wilt2 (wilt),USA pronunciation v. [Archaic.]- second pers. sing. pres. ind. of will 1.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Wilts /wɪlts/ abbreviation for - Wiltshire
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wilt /wɪlt/ vb - to become or cause to become limp, flaccid, or drooping: insufficient water makes plants wilt
- to lose or cause to lose courage, strength, etc
- (transitive) to cook (a leafy vegetable) very briefly until it begins to collapse
n - the act of wilting or state of becoming wilted
- any of various plant diseases characterized by permanent wilting, usually caused by fungal parasites attacking the roots
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps variant of wilk to wither, from Middle Dutch welken wilt /wɪlt/ vb - archaic or dialect
used with the pronoun thou or its relative equivalent: a singular form of the present tense (indicative mood) of will1
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