wilt

verb

1. (intransitive)To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. (intransitive)To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.

   “Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.”

   “Caught between hails of 5″/38 fire and working Mk 14 torpedoes, on the one hand, and 16-inch batteries backed up by even more 5″/38 guns, on the other, the Japanese cruisers rapidly began to wilt under the sustained bombardment; firing off any remaining torpedoes they had at any targets that they could find and bring to bear, the survivors wheeled about and began to beat a retreat.”

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

   “Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance.”

4. (transitive)To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
5. (archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular)second-person singular simple present indicative of will

   “'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.”

   “If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (countable, uncountable)Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

name

1. A surname.