Definition of "wilting" []

• Present participle of wilt. (verb)

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• "USATODAY. com - Kenyans sweep Boston Marathon in wilting heat"
• "This isn't the first time we've seen this kind of wilting of White House officials under pressure from the political right."
• "ERROL LOUIS, The thing we know for sure is that as we saw with Congressman Obey, the Democrats are kind of wilting under pressure, they are getting hit from the left, they are getting hit from the right, they are afraid to get too far out ahead of the public when it comes to actually shutting down this war which I think the Congress is clearly committed to doing."