What is another word for wilts?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪlts] (IPA)

Wilts is a verb that means to become limp and droopy, usually due to moisture loss or heat. The word wilts can be replaced by a variety of synonyms, including withers, languishes, droops, fades, and shrivels. Withers refers to the process of losing strength or vitality, typically due to neglect, while languishes suggests a lack of energy and enthusiasm. Droops refers to a downward movement caused by gravity, while fades implies a gradual decline in brightness, color, or strength. Shrivels refers to a reduction in size and volume due to loss of moisture or heat. These synonyms can be used interchangeably depending on the context of the sentence.

What are the hypernyms for Wilts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wilts

The earliest building showing the Perpendicular style is the beautiful little priory church of Edington, in wilts, erected by William Edington, Bishop of Winchester.
"Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them"
Sidney Heath
French dressing must not be made until it is to be used, as it very quickly wilts a vegetable salad.
"The Myrtle Reed Cook Book"
Myrtle Reed
Of the stone buildings that succeeded those in the more perishable material a few only are still in existence, including the Abbey Church of Deerhurst near Towkesbury, the oldest consecrated building still in use in England, the Tower of Earl's Barton Church in Northamptonshire, parts of Barfreston Church, Kent, that has a fine Norman doorway: Sompting Church, with the unusual feature of a gabled tower with a spire, and that of Worth, both in Sussex, the latter with rudimentary transepts and a semicircular apse, with which may be mentioned S. Lawrence at Bradford-on-Avon, wilts, of somewhat uncertain but probably later date than any of these, for it has a square Eastern end and decorative arcading on the upper portion of the walls, prophetic of coming changes.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell

Famous quotes with Wilts

  • A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
    C. Northcote Parkinson
  • Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.
    Sharon Tate

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