Wilt
[wɪlt]
Definition
(noun.) causing to become limp or drooping.
(noun.) any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots.
(verb.) become limp; 'The flowers wilted'.
(verb.) lose strength; 'My opponent was wilting'.
Checker: Williams--From WordNet
Definition
(-) 2d pers. sing. of Will.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
(v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [Common in U. S., local in Eng.] Droop, wither.
Typed by Brandon
Definition
v.i. to droop lose energy.—v.t. to render limp or pithless.
2d pers. sing. of will.
Typed by Audrey
Examples
- Thou wilt blow no bridge here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Wilt thou take heart of grace, and go to the wars with me? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But will I not be so ugly there with this cropped head that thou wilt be ashamed of me? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thou wilt go now for us both. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then he said, Thou wilt cover us well with the _m醧uina_ and with thy small _m醧uina_ when we come back, eh, _Ingl閟? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But, now thou knowest my drift, thou wilt resume thine own original plan, wilt thou not? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet think not that I care for thy company, or propose myself advantage by it; remain here if thou wilt--Cedric the Saxon may protect thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In August the British opened a great and successful thrust into Belgium, and the bulge of the German lines towards Amiens wilted and collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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