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1. (v.i.) wilt
to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower or parched plant; wither.
2. wilt
to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.
3. (v.t.) wilt
to cause to wilt.
4. (n.) wilt
the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
5. wilt
Also called wilt disease. any of various plant diseases characterized by drooping and withering leaves.
Etymology: (1685–95; dial. var. of wilk to wither, itself var. of welk, ME, prob. < MD or MLG welken)
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1. (noun) wilt, wilt disease
any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
2. (verb) wilt, wilting
causing to become limp or drooping
3. (verb) wilt
lose strength
"My opponent was wilting"
4. (verb) wilt, droop
become limp
"The flowers wilted"
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1. (verb) wilt
(of a plant) to start to droop because of a lack of water
wilting house plants
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. Wilt
2d pers. sing. of Will
2. (verb) Wilt
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
3. (verb) Wilt
to cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant
4. (verb) Wilt
hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of
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Sense: (of flowers) to droop
The plants are wilting because they haven't been watered.
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 Afrikaans: verwelk |
 Arabic: يَذْبُل، يَذْوي |
 Bulgarian: увяхвам |
 Brazilian: murchar |
 Czech: zvadnout |
 German: verwelken |
 Danish: visne |
 Greek: μαραίνομαι |
 Spanish: marchitarse |
 Estonian: närbuma |
 Farsi: پلاسيده و پژمرده شدن |
 Finnish: nuutua |
 French: (se) faner |
 Hebrew: לִקמוֹל |
 Hindi: मुर्झाना |
 Croatian: uvenuti |
 Hungarian: (el)hervad |
 Indonesian: melayu |
 Icelandic: visna, sölna |
 Italian: appassire |
 Japanese: しおれる |
 Korean: 시들다 |
 Lithuanian: vysti |
 Latvian: []vīst |
 Malay: layu |
 Dutch: verwelken |
 Norwegian: visne, tørke inn |
 Polish: więdnąć |
 Persian: پلاسيده و پژمرده شدن |
 Pashto: ضعف كول، مړاوي كيدل، مړ ژ |
 Portuguese: murchar |
 Romanian: a (se) veşteji |
 Russian: поникать |
 Slovak: (z)vädnúť, uschnúť |
 Slovenian: oveneti |
 Serbian: uvenuti |
 Swedish: sloka |
 Thai: เฉา; เหี่ยว |
 Turkish: solmak, kurumak |
 Taiwanese: 枯萎 |
 Ukrainian: в'янути, никнути |
 Urdu: پودے کا مرجھانا |
 Vietnamese: rủ xuống |
 Chinese: 枯萎 |
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