Crossword clues for wilt
wilt
- What lettuce will do, eventually
- Sag in the sun
- Droop, like old lettuce
- Droop, like aging flowers
- Droop, as a flower
- Chamberlain of the NBA
- Become limp, as lettuce
- What unwatered flowers do
- What thirsty flowers do
- What fresh flowers eventually do
- What flowers may do
- The Stilt
- Sag, as flowers
- Old-time N.B.A. great Chamberlain
- NBA legend Chamberlain
- NBA great Chamberlain
- Mr. Chamberlain
- Lose one's mojo
- Hoops great Chamberlain
- Grow weak
- Go bad, like kale
- Get limp
- Fade like a flower
- Droop, like dying flowers
- Droop, like a bouquet
- Droop, as from heat
- Droop like Chamberlain?
- Droop in the garden
- Droop from lack of water
- Droop during a drought
- Become limp, like dying flowers
- Become limp, like a bouquet
- Become limp, as celery
- Basketballer Chamberlain
- Basketball name
- Basketball Hall of Famer Chamberlain
- "The Stilt" of basketball
- Basketball's Chamberlain
- Lose freshness, as lettuce
- Weaken
- Shrivel in the heat
- Suffer from the heat
- Not take the heat well
- Fade, as lettuce
- Word before thou
- Flag
- Lose freshness, as a flower
- What picked flowers may do
- Droop, as flowers
- Droop in the heat
- Go soft, in a way
- Crumble under pressure
- Part 4 of the word ladder
- Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling
- Causing to become limp or drooping
- Usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
- Succumb to a drought, perhaps
- Droop in the sun
- Languish or quail
- Chamberlain of N.B.A. fame
- Wither, as plants
- Chamberlain of court fame
- Shrivel and collapse
- Become limp, like lettuce
- Intelligence about Liberal collapse
- Go limp, like a bouquet
- Lose vigor
- Lose solidity
- Suffer from lack of water
- Lose crispness
- React to the heat
- Fold under pressure
- Basketball legend Chamberlain
- "The Stilt" Chamberlain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wilt \Wilt\, v. t.
To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.]
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Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility.
--Dr. T. Dwight.
Wilt \Wilt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wilting.] [Written also welt, a modification of welk.] To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Wilt \Wilt\, 2d pers. sing. of Will.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, "to fade, droop, wither," probably an alteration of welk "to wilt," probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German welken "to wither," cognate with Old High German irwelhen "become soft," from Proto-Germanic *welk-, from PIE root *welg- "wet" (see welkin). Transitive sense of "cause to fade or droop" is from 1809. Related: Wilted; wilting.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. 2 Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). 2 (context intransitive English) To fatigue; to lose strength. Etymology 2
vb. (en-archaic second-person singular of will English)
WordNet
n. any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots [syn: wilt disease]
causing to become limp or drooping [syn: wilting]
v. lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"
become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: droop]
Wikipedia
Wilt is a comedic novel by the author Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976. Later editions were published by Pan Books, and Overlook TP.
WILT (103.7 FM) "Sunny 103.7" is a radio station licensed to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA. The station serves the Wilmington area. The station is currently owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., through licensee Sunrise Broadcasting, LLC.
Wilt may refer to:
- Wilting, the loss of rigidity of non-woody parts of plants
- WILT, An acronym commonly used in instant messaging for 'What I'm Listening To'
- Wilt disease, which can refer to a number of different diseases in plants.
In literature and film:
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Wilt (novel), a novel by Tom Sharpe
- Wilt (film), a 1989 adaptation of Sharpe's novel
- Wilt: Larger than Life, a biography of Wilt Chamberlain by Robert Cherry
- Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door, an autobiography by Wilt Chamberlain
In other media:
- Wilt (band), an Irish indie rock band formed by ex-members of Kerbdog
- WILT (FM), a radio station (103.7 FM) licensed to serve Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States
- WYHW, a radio station (104.5 FM) licensed to serve Wilmington, North Carolina, which held the call sign WILT from 2008 to 2015
- WRMR (FM), formerly WILT, a radio station in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- "Wilt", a song by Blind Melon from Soup
- Wilt, a fictional character from the animated TV series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
People with the given name:
- Wilt Chamberlain, a former American NBA player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers
People with the surname:
- Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt (1858–1929), the first woman superintendent of the Pierce County School District
- Marie Wilt (1833–1891), an Austrian dramatic coloratura soprano
- Peter Wilt, a soccer executive
- Raymond Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Rod Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Roy Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- W. William Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Wilt is a 1989 film adaptation by LWT of the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name. The story follows the comic misadventures of the eponymous Henry Wilt as he is accused of the murder of his wife when she suddenly goes missing after a party at a friend's house where they have a very public argument.
The film was directed by Michael Tuchner, with Andrew Marshall and David Renwick credited as screenplay writers. It was released in North America under the title The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt.
Wilt were an alternative rock band founded in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1998. Formed by ex- Kerbdog members Cormac Battle on vocals/guitar and Darragh Butler on drums, the line-up was completed with their friend Mick Murphy on bass.
Wilt played their first gig at The Funnel in Dublin on 26 March 1998. Their debut album Bastinado was released in July 2000. Wexford native Darren Dempsey joined on guitar/backing vocals as a live touring member in 2002 to promote the My Medicine album.
Although Rock Sound magazine tipped them as being Ireland's version of Hüsker Dü and Weezer, Wilt broke up in 2003.
Usage examples of "wilt".
I would have you know that Tina Blau is no wilting hothouse damsel who occupies empty hours doing dainty watercolors.
He nearly got up, then, to prowl the terrace and see if any of his bonsai had begun to wilt, so that he would know which ones to tend to first .
My great confidence in Thy bounty, however, reviveth my hope in Thee, and my certitude that Thou wilt bountifully deal with me emboldeneth me to extol Thee, and to ask of Thee the things Thou dost possess.
I fear he will row back to the canals, in which case you might meet nearer to the city--or there may be more gondolas of the state out--in short, father, thou wilt be more certain to escape hearing the confession of a Bravo, by listening to that of a fisherman, who has long wanted an occasion to acknowledge his sins.
After Brin had caused the family dog to chase its tail until it nearly dropped and had wilted an entire garden of vegetables, her father had been quick to reassert his decision that the Elfstones would never be used again by anyone.
Really, it would be more interesting to lunch with the waterbound students than sitting in the cafeteria while her own lunch wilted watching that nasty boy, Marl Fidd, make threatening faces at Khiindi and make fun of Hap for talking all the time.
I have talked with the King concerning thee this morning, and he hath consented to knight thee--yea, to knight thee with all honors of the Bath--provided thou wilt match thee against the Sieur de la Montaigne for the honor of England and Mackworth.
Some filthy plague spawned of the far south is rife in Forb, and a murrain is abroad among the livestock, and the very brave-trees are wilting!
Now, with a gentle breeze steady off the sea, he dropped the main and fore course also well reefed, and with the boats helping to control the head of the ship, he conned her into the crowded quay side As soon as the Principessa was under way, the Count finally wilted, and consented to use the hammock that Harry had provided for him.
They all looked purty wilted, and Donovan particularly looked very pecooliar in the blanket he had wrapped around his middle.
Lady Arabella, whose high spirits had wilted a little in the face of the double disappointment regarding any answer from Quarrington, beamed satisfaction.
If thou follow my rede, thou wilt take the way that goeth hence east away, and then shalt thou come to Hampton under Scaur, where the folk are peaceable and friendly.
As she waited in an ecstasy of speculation and computation, she thought briefly again of Jamie, naked, his cock wilting that night she had dazzled him with the theory of the Shastri cycle.
He pondered the sluggish swirl of the deep mists that screened the sunshine and shrouded the mountains, the thinning groves of Bonnie Blues dotted with wilt and spotting, the lakes and rivers turned gray and clouded, and the meadows and grasslands grown sparse and wintry.
The Lord give thee a blink of that, and then thou wilt come hopping with all thy speed, like unto old Jacob, when he saw the angels ascending and descending, then he ran fast, albeit he was tired, and had got a hard bed, and a far harder bolster the night before, yet he got a glorious sight, and his legs were soupled with consolation, which made him run.