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wilt

noun verb

The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

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Word length
4
Starts with
W
Ends with
T
Contains
IL
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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/wɪlt/

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noun

  1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

  2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

verb

  1. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

  2. To fatigue; to lose strength.

  3. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).

  4. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

verb

  1. (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).

    “Do what you will.”

  2. (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

  3. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

  4. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.

    “I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.”

  5. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

  6. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

    “Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.”

  7. (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".

verb

  1. To wish, desire.

  2. To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

  3. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

    “All the fans were willing their team to win the game.”

  4. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

    “He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.”

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Example Sentences

Do what you will.
I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.

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