wilt
part of speech
verb (wilt, wilts, wilted, wilting); old verb form (thou wilt)
meaning for a pupil
1) When a plant wilts, it droops and becomes soft and floppy, usually because it needs water or is too hot. tree →
2) When a person wilts, they become tired and weak, especially in heat. tree →
3) (old, Bible) «Thou wilt» is an old way of saying «you will», used in old Bibles and poems. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on plants, wilting shows a plant has lost water; watering makes it stand up again because water fills its cells. In everyday life, people wilt in hot weather. In church and old texts (the King James Bible), «thou wilt» means «you will» or «you want to». Phrases: «wilt in the heat», «a wilted lettuce», «not your will but thine» in prayers.
examples
- The flowers wilted because I forgot to water them. tree →
- We wilted in the hot sun at sports day. tree →
- A wilted lettuce goes crisp again in cold water. tree →
- The plant wilts in the afternoon and recovers in the evening. tree →
- The football team wilted in the second half. tree →
- (Bible, old) «If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,» said the man to Jesus. tree →
- ‘Wilt thou wed me, farmer’s daughter?’ tree →
note
Regular verb: wilted. «Thou wilt» is an old form of «will» used only in old texts. Science: wilting happens because the plant's cells lose water and go soft; it is a sign, not always death.
In the corpora
- Water inside plant cells pushes outwards and keeps stems firm, like air in a balloon; without enough water the plant wilts.
- And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
- And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
- If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wilt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.