Wilt
verb
To become limp, saggy or droopy, usually in relation to a plant.
The flowers started to wilt under the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- leaves wilt
- wilt under the sun
verb
To lose energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
After running the marathon, he started to wilt from exhaustion.
Often appears as...
- wilt from exhaustion
- wilt in the heat
noun
A condition in plants resulting in drooping and fading.
The plant doctor said the rose had a severe case of wilt.
Often appears as...
- corn wilt
- cotton wilt
verb
To become limp, saggy or droopy, usually in relation to a plant.
The flowers started to wilt under the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- leaves wilt
- wilt under the sun
verb
To lose energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
After running the marathon, he started to wilt from exhaustion.
Often appears as...
- wilt from exhaustion
- wilt in the heat
noun
A condition in plants resulting in drooping and fading.
The plant doctor said the rose had a severe case of wilt.
Often appears as...
- corn wilt
- cotton wilt
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Temperature effects
Wilt is often used to describe plants affected by heat or lack of water.
My garden plants wilt every afternoon in the summer heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative use
'Wilt' can describe things that aren't plants but are droopy like a sad posture.
His spirits wilted after hearing the bad news.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary state
'Wilt' suggests a condition that can be reversed if the cause is removed.
The lettuce in the salad wilted, but perked up after being refrigerated.
Pro Tip 1/3Temperature effects
Wilt is often used to describe plants affected by heat or lack of water.
My garden plants wilt every afternoon in the summer heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative use
'Wilt' can describe things that aren't plants but are droopy like a sad posture.
His spirits wilted after hearing the bad news.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary state
'Wilt' suggests a condition that can be reversed if the cause is removed.
The lettuce in the salad wilted, but perked up after being refrigerated.
Pro Tip 1/3Temperature effects
Wilt is often used to describe plants affected by heat or lack of water.
My garden plants wilt every afternoon in the summer heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative use
'Wilt' can describe things that aren't plants but are droopy like a sad posture.
His spirits wilted after hearing the bad news.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary state
'Wilt' suggests a condition that can be reversed if the cause is removed.
The lettuce in the salad wilted, but perked up after being refrigerated.
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Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
loved kudu I think they're beautiful and handsome and the colors are spectacular just like the colors of these trees now the tops of all of these trees and starting to kind of wilt and you'll see that they're all changing color now it doesn't really happen in the same way as it does in the northern hemisphere when
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Why can't we talk about...
and at different points in our lives, different things are used. And menstruation is used during what we in medicine call the reproductive years. It's been around since pretty much the beginning of time, many cultures thought that women could spoil crops or milk, or wilt flowers.
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David Kelley: The future...
David So here's the final thing, complete with orange lighting that follows the sun across -- that follows the tracks of the sun -- across the sky. So you feel that in your cubicle. And my favorite feature, which is a flower in a vase that wilts when you leave in disappointment,
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Seth Priebatsch:...
to water your fake crops, or they wilt. And this is so powerful that when they tweak their stats, when they say your crops wilt after eight hours, or after six hours, or after 24 hours, it changes the life cycle of some 70 million people during the day.
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Jonathan Drori: The...
They drink this fabulous nectar and then they're all a bit sticky. At night they get covered in pollen, which showers down over them, and then the bristles that we saw above, they sort of wilt and allow all these midges out, covered in pollen --
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
It won't be solved by tweeting harder, building slicker apps, or starting one more artisanal coffee roasting service. It is a moral challenge that begs each of us in the flourishing America to take on the wilting America as our own,
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Safari Live - Day 242 PIPE...
is starting to scent mark vigorously the question is how long wilt in Ghana tolerates this insolent behavior as always a member of the ever-present Juma can paid the little chief a visit in hope that husana might have a free snack
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
it's definitely moisture needed in this part because you can see these what we call round leaf ticks and when they small a very shrubby you can see how they wilting with the heat and they'll
Video examples
Three anti-social skills...
Dialogue gives a story color, makes it exciting and moves it forward. O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?
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Night Flowering & Tiny...
provision flowers wilt as the dark hours wane
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
loved kudu I think they're beautiful and handsome and the colors are spectacular just like the colors of these trees now the tops of all of these trees and starting to kind of wilt and you'll see that they're all changing color now it doesn't really happen in the same way as it does in the northern hemisphere when
Video examples
Why can't we talk about...
and at different points in our lives, different things are used. And menstruation is used during what we in medicine call the reproductive years. It's been around since pretty much the beginning of time, many cultures thought that women could spoil crops or milk, or wilt flowers.
Video examples
David Kelley: The future...
David So here's the final thing, complete with orange lighting that follows the sun across -- that follows the tracks of the sun -- across the sky. So you feel that in your cubicle. And my favorite feature, which is a flower in a vase that wilts when you leave in disappointment,
Video examples
Seth Priebatsch:...
to water your fake crops, or they wilt. And this is so powerful that when they tweak their stats, when they say your crops wilt after eight hours, or after six hours, or after 24 hours, it changes the life cycle of some 70 million people during the day.
Video examples
Jonathan Drori: The...
They drink this fabulous nectar and then they're all a bit sticky. At night they get covered in pollen, which showers down over them, and then the bristles that we saw above, they sort of wilt and allow all these midges out, covered in pollen --
Video examples
Anand Giridharadas: A...
It won't be solved by tweeting harder, building slicker apps, or starting one more artisanal coffee roasting service. It is a moral challenge that begs each of us in the flourishing America to take on the wilting America as our own,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 242 PIPE...
is starting to scent mark vigorously the question is how long wilt in Ghana tolerates this insolent behavior as always a member of the ever-present Juma can paid the little chief a visit in hope that husana might have a free snack
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
it's definitely moisture needed in this part because you can see these what we call round leaf ticks and when they small a very shrubby you can see how they wilting with the heat and they'll
Video examples
Three anti-social skills...
Dialogue gives a story color, makes it exciting and moves it forward. O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?
Video examples
Night Flowering & Tiny...
provision flowers wilt as the dark hours wane
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.
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Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.
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Kevin Costner
American Actor
You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.
Quote examples
Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.
Quote examples
Kevin Costner
American Actor
You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.
Quote examples
Plato
Greek Philosopher
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Quote examples
Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Quote examples
Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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