Definitions for Wilt

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IPA: /wɪlt/

Wilt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Wilt (iltw).

Definitions for Wilt

noun

1. the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:
2. Plant Pathology. the drying out, drooping, and withering of the leaves of a plant due to inadequate water supply, excessive transpiration, or vascular disease. a disease so characterized, as fusarium wilt.
3. a virus disease of various caterpillars, characterized by the liquefaction of body tissues.
4. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
5. power of choosing one's own actions:
6. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
7. wish or desire:
8. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness:
9. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
10. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
11. Law. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses. the document containing such a declaration.

verb

1. second person singular present ind. of will1 .

Idioms

1. at will, at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: at one's disposal or command.

auxiliary verb

1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:
2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:
3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:
4. may be expected or supposed to:
5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):
6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:
7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:
8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:
9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: .

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to wilt.
2. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will:
3. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will:
4. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
5. to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions:

verb (used without object)

1. to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
2. to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.:
3. to exercise the will:
4. to decide or determine:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to wish; desire; like:

Origin of Wilt

1685-95; dialectal variant of wilk to wither, itself variant of welk, Middle English welken, probably Middle Dutch welken; compare German welk withered

Examples for Wilt

And I do agree with him on wilt Chamberlain, whom we will discuss at length in the future.

At the foot of the adjacent 4-foot high gravestones are floral arrangements that are just starting to wilt.

But wilt thou not give me another twelvemonth to pay my debt?

They have to have the courage not to wilt or get the vapors whenever a right-winger invokes the evil gummint or the hated Kenyan.

But I wilt speak no more of feelings that you do not seem to understand.

But the two young girls, Thornton and wilt, never seemed to lose energy.

wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?

Bailey appeared to wilt under her gaze as if the spectacles were twin suns.

wilt Chamberlain once pointed out that “nobody loves Goliath,” as an excuse for his enduring unpopularity.

wilt thou diversify thy repast with a taste of my oak-graff?