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verb-intransitive. To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat.

verb-intransitive. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly: "His brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness” ( Vladimir Nabokov).

v. To cause to droop or lose freshness.

v. To deprive of energy or vigor; fatigue or exhaust.

n. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

n. Any of various plant diseases characterized by slow or rapid collapse of terminal shoots, branches, or entire plants.

auxiliary-verb. Archaic A second person singular present tense of will2.

v. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

v. To fatigue; to lose strength.

v. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).

v. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

n. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

n. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

v. Second-person singular present tense of will

2d pers. sing. of will.

verb-intransitive. 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. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.

v. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.

n. A disease of plants which causes them to wilt: used only with a qualifying word indicative of the plant affected.

To droop or fade, as plants or flowers when cut or plucked; wither.

To become soft or languid; lose energy, pith, or strength.

To cause to droop or become languid, as a plant; take the stiffness, strength, or vigor out. of; hence, to render limp and pithless; depress.

The second person singular present indicative of will.

n. causing to become limp or drooping

v. lose strength

v. become limp

n. any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots

"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.)"

wilted    wilting    wilts   

weakening    weaken    crumble    dilapidate    decay   

potato wilt    carnation wilt    flax wilt    cotton wilt    corn wilt    aster wilt    cucumber wilt    tomato wilt   

will   

wilting   

droop    withe   

built    gilt    guilt    hilt    jilt    kilt    lilt    milt    overbuilt    quilt   

wither    scorch    half-blown    dewy    crestfallen    rumple    russet    endive    herbaceous    unfading