WILT
Dictionary entry overview: What does wilt mean?
• WILT (noun)
The noun WILT has 2 senses:
1. any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
2. causing to become limp or drooping
Familiarity information: WILT used as a noun is rare.
• WILT (verb)
The verb WILT has 2 senses:
1. lose strength
2. become limp
Familiarity information: WILT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WILT (noun)
Meaning:
Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
wilt; wilt disease
Hypernyms ("wilt" is a kind of...):
plant disease (a disease that affects plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wilt"):
granville wilt (a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants)
fusarium wilt (wilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium)
verticilliosis (wilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium)
Meaning:
Causing to become limp or drooping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
wilting; wilt
Hypernyms ("wilt" is a kind of...):
weakening (the act of reducing the strength of something)
• WILT (verb)
Meaning:
Lose strength
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
My opponent was wilting
Hypernyms (to "wilt" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Become limp
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
wilt; droop
Context example:
The flowers wilted
Hypernyms (to "wilt" is one way to...):
crumble; decay; delapidate (fall into decay or ruin)
Sentence frame:
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