Definition of wilt
- archaic present tense second-person singular of will
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Definition of wilt
wilted;
wilting;
wilts
1 a
: to lose turgor from lack of water
- the plants wilted in the heat
b
: to become limp
2
: to grow weak or faint : languish
: to cause to wilt
Examples of wilt in a Sentence
The hot weather wilted the plants.
The crowd wilted in the heat.
He wilted under the pressure.
Recent Examples of wilt from the Web
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Add ½ teaspoon salt and ½ pound broccoli rabe (about half of a medium bunch), thick ends trimmed, and cook until just wilted, about 1 minute.
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After wilting under record-setting heat on Saturday, Kansas City came close to matching a record high temperature on Sunday.
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Turner averaged 14 points and 7.6 rebounds in the first three against Cleveland but wilted to 11.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in the last four games.
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After a refreshing tomato fennel sorbet intermezzo, diners cut into a rack of veal with porcini mushrooms, butternut squash tart, and wilted kale.
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Add chopped chard leaves and cook, stirring, until wilted, 1-2 minutes.
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Monday could be even worse, with a Weather Service forecast anticipating a heat index of up to a spirit-wilting 109 degrees.
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Huber has a couple of hundred plants in reserve, ready to swap out greenery that starts to wilt or wither.
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But the artist could hardly have predicted that more than a century later, those bright lemon-yellow hues would start to wilt into a brown muddle, reports Daniel Boffrey at The Guardian.
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Origin and Etymology of wilt
alteration of earlier welk, from Middle English welken, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German erwelkēn to wilt
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First Known Use: circa 1691
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
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Recent Examples of wilt from the Web
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Their feeding can transmit wilt and mosaic viruses to your plants.
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And Fisher neither wilts under the camera’s scrutiny nor succumbs to the temptation to stare it down.
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First, there are two general types of common tomato diseases — vascular wilts and foliar diseases.
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The plant grows a big leaf each year which wilts and then becomes dormant.
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Fusarium + Verticillium Wilt These fungal wilts attack a wide range of flowers, vegetables, fruits, and ornamentals.
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Plants that wilt and ooze a sticky sap when cut may be infected with bacterial wilt, which is spread by cucumber beetles.
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Minimize damage from Fusarium wilt, which causes spears, leaves, and stems to be small with large lesions at or below the soil line, by purchasing disease-free roots and using good garden sanitation.
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In fact, for a man like Trump, who's mentally stuck in the late ’80s, draws nutrients in equal measure from Big Macs and reality TV, and wilts under any amount of sunlight, finding a lawyer like Michael Cohen must have felt like divine intervention.
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First Known Use of wilt
1855
WILT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of wilt for English Language Learners
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of a plant : to bend over because of not having enough water
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: to become weak and tired especially because of hot weather
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: to lose energy, confidence, effectiveness, etc.
WILT Defined for Kids
Definition of wilt for Students
wilted;
wilting
1
: to lose freshness and become limp
- The roses are wilting.
2
: to lose strength
- … Mr. Kamata's sturdy … smile was beginning to wilt.
- —Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game
Definition of wilt for Students
: a plant disease (as of tomatoes) in which wilting and browning of leaves leads to death of the plant
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