wilt

Meaning

1. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
3. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

wither

wilt disease

grow weak

be weakened

get exhausted

lose flesh

lose strength

poop out

shrivel up

dry and shriveled

consume away

wear upon

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪlt/

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

Cognate with Dutch

wilt

Cognate with German

willt

New

will

1. Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
2. To be able to, to have the capacity to.
3. Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
4. To habitually do (a given action).
5. To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
6. To wish, desire (something).
7. To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
8. Implying will go.