'Wilt' definitions:
Definition of 'wilt'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots [syn: wilt, wilt disease]
noun
Causing to become limp or drooping [syn: wilt, wilting]
verb
Lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"
verb
Become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt, droop]
Definition of 'Wilt'
From: GCIDE
- Wilt \Wilt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wilting.] [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. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wilt'
From: GCIDE
- Wilt \Wilt\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. --Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wilt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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