wilt
/wɪlt/
US pronunciation
American sound/wɪlt/
wilt
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> wilt
Myanmar meaning
နွမ်းသည် ၊ ငိုက်စိုက်ကျသည်။ အင်အားကုန်ခမ်းသည် ၊ အားနည်းသည်။ နွမ်းကျစေသည့် အပင်ရောဂါတစ်မျိုး။
Full entry
၁။ (က) (အပင်၊ အပွင့်) ညှိုးသည်။ The leaves are beginning to wilt.
(ခ) (usu passive) ညှိုးနွမ်းစေသည်။ plants wilted by the heat.
၂။ နွမ်းလျသည်။ ပင်ပန်းသည်။ ပျော့ကျသည်။ အားနည်းသည်။ The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. ❍ Helen's indignation wilted.
More examples
- ‘The crown and roots of these infected plants turn dark and soft, and the leaves usually wilt.’
- ‘Similarly, in cut chrysanthemum flowers, the leaves often wilt, due to a blockage for water transport in the xylem of the basal stem part.’
- ‘In the heat, the grass grows rapidly and the flowers wilt fast, so there was much to be done.’
- ‘The leaves turn a yellow-bronze, and within a day or two, the upper leaves wilt, then the lower leaves wilt.’
- ‘Often the first sign is black or burgundy sap oozing from tiny holes in the bark; soon after, the tree wilts, turning starkly brown.’
- ‘If any of the cut leaves wilt and turn brown, remove and dispose of them.’
- ‘Watch your plants and if you see leaves wilting, don't wait until they discolor and die, but find out the cause.’
- ‘A severe infestation will cause the plant to wilt; leaves may yellow and fall.’
- ‘At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteristic of water-stressed maize.’
- ‘If plants start to wilt slightly water them right away.’
- ‘As a consequence, leaves may wilt or even be injured as previously observed for cucumber and figleaf gourd in response to low root temperature.’
- ‘The first symptoms of this fungal disease are yellowing or bronzing leaves that wilt, followed by sudden plant death.’
- ‘In the spring, you will be letting the leaves wilt on their own and dry up.’
- ‘Insufficient removal of these air embolisms may result in serious water stress which may lead to early leaf wilting as previously shown in chrysanthemum cut flowers.’
- ‘When this condition exists, the leaves of plants wilt or curl.’
- ‘If you see leaf wilting or hard, caked soil, water the trees well and slowly enough to allow the water to soak in.’
- ‘The best time of day to cut is midmorning, after the dew has dried but well before any flowers wilt.’
- ‘When a squash stem suddenly wilts, and you find punctures or cracks near the base of the plant, you know that squash vine borer is present.’
- ‘The tress had been broken into two, the flowers had all wilted, and the grass was all brown.’
- ‘On return to air these leaves wilted and yellowed rapidly.’
Synonyms
Antonyms
Cross references
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “wilt”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.