English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-wilt.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|ɪlt

Etymology 1
Alteration of term|welk, itself from ME. term|welken|lang=enm, presumed from MD..

Noun
en-noun

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

Translations
trans-top|drooping
Dutch: verwelking
Italian: appassimento, avvizzimento m
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trans-top|disease
Dutch: verwelkingsziekte
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Verb
en-verb

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

Translations
trans-top|to droop
Dutch: verwelken
Finnish: lakastua, kuihtua, näivettyä, nuutua
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German: welken
Italian: appassire, avvizzire
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trans-top|to fatigue
Finnish: väsyä
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trans-top|to cause to droop
Finnish: lakastuttaa
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trans-top|to cause to fatigue
Finnish: väsyttää
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Etymology 2

Verb
wilt

1. archaic form of|Second-person singular present tense|will

Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English auxiliary verb forms
Category:English second-person singular forms
Category:English irregular second-person singular forms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Homophones
wild

Verb
infl|nl|verb form

1. form of|Imperative|willen
2. Non-preferential weak alternative forms of the 2nd and 3rd-person singular present of the strong verb willen.

es:wilt
fr:wilt
io:wilt
hu:wilt
ja:wilt
pt:wilt
ta:wilt
zh:wilt

• 2007-12-07 03:19 - DCDuring - /* Noun */ uncountable ?

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