wilt
IPA: wˈɪɫt
noun
- The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
- (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
- (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
- (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
- (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
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Examples of "wilt" in Sentences
- Crowley said "Do as you wilt, that is the whole law."
- I am worried about oak wilt, which is showing up near my home.
- "What terms wilt thou now offer, to escape this dangerous hour?"
- “Look at that man, Louis of Bourbon,” said De la Marck again, — “What terms wilt thou now offer, to escape this dangerous hour?”
- It is amazingly refreshing to reach over to your cooler, and pull out a bag of icy cold cucumbers when you're beginning to wilt from the heat.)
- I did a few work-in-progress shots on kitchen paper so the nori wouldn’t wilt from the moisture of the rice like in the last nori picture I did, Totoro:
- I did a few work-in-progress shots on kitchen paper so the nori wouldn’t wilt from the moisture of the rice like in the last nori picture I did, Totoro: [...]
- Wherefore heed not his speech, for we are thy Ministers, who endeavour for thy permanence, and if thou hearken not to our word, to whose word wilt thou hearken?
- Still, a small army that will defend and hold their position in the heat of battle and not wilt is far better than a larger army of unreliable soldiers who will totally fail in the heat of battle.
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