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wilt [verb]

(of a plant) to become weak and begin to bend towards the ground, or (of a person) to become weaker, tired, or less confident

US

/wɪlt/

UK

/wɪlt/

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مثال:

Cut flowers will soon wilt without water.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wilt

I. wilt¹ /wɪlt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
1. if a plant wilts, it bends over because it is too dry or old ⇨ droop
2. informal to feel weak or tired, especially because you are too hot
II. wilt² BrE AmE verb old use
thou wilt you will

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wilt

wilt [wilt wilts wilted wilting] [wɪlt] [wɪlt] verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) if a plant or flower wilts, or sth wilts it, it bends towards the ground because of the heat or a lack of water

Syn: droop

2. intransitive (informal) to become weak or tired or less confident
Syn: flag
• The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun.

• He was wilting under the pressure of work.

3. thou wilt (old use) used to mean ‘you will’, when talking to one person
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
senses 1 to 2 late 17th cent. (originally dialect): perhaps an alteration of dialect welk ‘lose freshness’, of Low German origin.
Example Bank:
• By half-time, the team was wilting under the pressure.
• Some of the leaves were beginning to wilt.
• The passengers were visibly wilting with the heat and movement of the bus.

• The plants will wilt in direct sunlight.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

wilt / wɪlt / verb [ I ]

wilt

(of a plant) to become weak and begin to bend towards the ground, or (of a person) to become weaker, tired, or less confident:

Cut flowers will soon wilt without water.

After only an hour's walking they were beginning to wilt in the heat.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

wilt

[wɪ̱lt]
wilts, wilting, wilted
1) VERB If a plant wilts, it gradually bends downwards and becomes weak because it needs more water or is dying.
  The roses wilted the day after she bought them...
  [V-ed] Remove any damaged or wilted leaves.
2) VERB If someone wilts, they become weak or tired, or lose confidence.
  She soon wilted in the morning heat...
  The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

¹wilt /ˈwɪlt/ verb wilts; wilt·ed; wilt·ing
1 of a plant : to bend over because of not having enough water

[no obj]

• The roses were wilting.

[+ obj]

• The hot weather wilted the plants.
2 [no obj]
a : to become weak and tired especially because of hot weather
• The crowd wilted in the heat.
b : to lose energy, confidence, effectiveness, etc.
• He wilted under the pressure.