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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

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wilt

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun wilt has 2 senses

wilt(n = noun.state) wilt disease - any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots;

is a kind of plant disease

has particulars: granville wilt, fusarium wilt, verticilliosis

Derived form verb wilt₂

wilt(n = noun.act) wilting - causing to become limp or drooping;

is a kind of weakening

Verb wilt has 2 senses

wilt(v = verb.change) - lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

is one way to

weaken

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

wilt(v = verb.change) droop - become limp; "The flowers wilted"

is one way to crumble, decay, dilapidate

Derived forms noun wilt₁, noun wilting₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

wilt, 2d pers. sing.

2d pers. sing. of Will. [1913 Webster]

wilt, v. i. [Written also welt, a modification of welk.].

To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [1913 Webster]

wilt, v. t.

To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [1913 Webster]
Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [1913 Webster]
"Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

wilt, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. (of a plant, leaf, or flower) wither, droop.
2 intr. (of a person) lose one's energy, flag, tire, droop.
3 tr. cause to wilt.
--n. a plant-disease causing wilting.

wilt, archaic 2nd person sing. of WILL(1).

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THESAURUS

wilt

beat, blow, break, break down, burn out, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crack up, crumble, debilitate, decline, desiccate, diminish, disintegrate, do in, do up, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, enervate, exhaust, exude, fade, fade away, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fatigue, fizzle out, flag, frazzle, gasp, get tired, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, grow weary, harass, hit the skids, jade, knock out, knock up, languish, lose strength, mummify, mummy, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pant, peak, peg out, perspire, peter out, pine, play out, poop, poop out, prostrate, puff, puff and blow, run down, run out, sag, sear, shrink, shrivel, sink, succumb, swag, sweat, swelter, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, use up, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear thin, weary, welter, wheeze, wind, wither, wither away, wizen, yield