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Wilt
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(wilts, wilting, wilted) 1. If a plant wilts, it gradually bends downwards and becomes weak because it needs more water or is dying. The roses wilted the day after she bought them... VERB: V 2. If someone wilts, they become weak or tired, or lose confidence. She soon wilted in the morning heat... The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure. VERB: V, V
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I. archaic present second singular of will II. verb Etymology: alteration of earlier welk, from Middle English welken, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German erwelken to ~ Date: circa 1691 intransitive verb 1. a. to lose turgor from lack of water the plants ~ed in the heat b. to become limp 2. to grow weak or faint ; languish transitive verb to cause to ~ III. noun Date: 1855 1. an act or instance of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed 2. a. a disorder (as a fungus disease) of plants marked by loss of turgidity in soft tissues with subsequent drooping and often shriveling — called also ~ disease b. polyhedrosis of caterpillars ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a plant, leaf, or flower) wither, droop. 2 intr. (of a person) lose one's energy, flag, tire, droop. 3 tr. cause to wilt. --n. a plant-disease causing wilting. Etymology: orig. dial.: perh. alt. f. wilk, welk, of LG or Du. orig. 2. archaic 2nd person sing. of WILL(1). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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фтп. вилт; увядание; вянуть, увядать; поникать – alfalfa bacterial wilt – blossom wilt – clover wilt – cotton wilt – tomato spotted wilt – vascular wilt – vascular oak wilt – vine wilt ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. увядание; вялость 2. вилт (болезнь растений) 3. вянуть, поникать (о растениях) 4. слабеть; никнуть, падать духом 5. губить (цветы и т. п.) 6. гасить (энтузиазм и т. п.) 7. уст. 2-е л. ед.ч. настоящего времени гл. will ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I obs. pres. 2nd pers. sg. of will II II 1. noun слабость, вялость 2. v. 1) вянуть, поникать 2) (по)губить (цветы) 3) слабеть, ослабевать 4) терять присутствие духа ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 if a plant wilts, it bends over because it is too dry or old 2 informal to feel weak, tired, or upset, especially because you are too hot ~2 v old use thou wilt you will ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1691, probably an alteration of welk "to wilt," probably from M.Du. or M.L.G. welken "to wither," cognate with O.H.G. irwelhen "become soft." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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