- blight
- blight [blīt]n.[? akin to ME blichening, blight, rust (on grain) < bliknen, to lose color < ON blikja, turn pale: see BLEACH]1. any atmospheric or soil condition, parasite, or insect that kills, withers, or checks the growth of plants2. any of several plant diseases, as rust, mildew, or smut3. anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation [slums are a blight on a city]4. a person or thing that withers someone's hopes or ambitions5. the condition or result of being blightedvt.1. to cause a blight in or on; wither2. to destroy3. to disappoint or frustratevi.to suffer blightblightedadj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.
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Blight — refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. [Agrios, George … Wikipedia
blight — blight; blight·ed; blight·er; blight·ing; blight·ing·ly; un·blight·ed·ly; … English syllables
Blight — (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blighting}.] [Perh. contr. from AS. bl[=i]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The meaning to blight comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blight — Blight, v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blight — Blight, n. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blight — blīt n Austral an inflammation of the eye in which the eyelids discharge a thick mucous substance that often seals them up for days and minute granular pustules develop inside the lid called also sandy blight … Medical dictionary
blight — n blast, nip (see under BLAST vb) Analogous words: *injury, damage, hurt, harm: frustration, thwarting (see corresponding verbs at FRUSTRATE) blight vb *blast, nip Analogous words: *injure, damage, hurt, harm, s … New Dictionary of Synonyms
blight — [n] disease; plague affliction, bane, blot on the landscape*, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe; concepts 306,674… … New thesaurus
blight — ► NOUN 1) a plant disease, especially one caused by fungi. 2) a thing that spoils or damages something. 3) ugly or neglected urban landscape. ► VERB 1) infect (plants) with blight. 2) spoil or destroy. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
blight|ed — «BLY tihd», adjective. afflicted with blight; blasted: »A blighted spring makes a barren year (Samuel Johnson). Figurative. A blighted area is a district of a city that is on the way toward becoming a slum (Emory S. Bogardus) … Useful english dictionary
