wilt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
    wilt disease.
  2. noun causing to become limp or drooping
    wilting.
  3. verb lose strength
    • My opponent was wilting
  4. verb become limp
    droop.
    • The flowers wilted

WordNet

Wilt
Definitions
  1. 2d pers. sing. of Will.
Wilt intransitive verb
Etymology
Written also welt, a modification of welk.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Wilting
Definitions
  1. 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.
Wilt transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. Prov. Eng. U. S.
  2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. Prov. Eng. & U. S.
    Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. Dr. T. Dwight.

Webster 1913