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1. (n.) blight
the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
2. blight
any of various plant diseases so characterized.
3. blight
any cause of impairment or frustration.
4. blight
the state or result of being deteriorated or ruined:
urban blight.
5. (v.t.) blight
to cause to wither or decay.
6. blight
to destroy; ruin; frustrate:
Illness blighted her hopes.
7. (v.i.) blight
to suffer blight.
Etymology: (1605–15; of uncert. orig.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blight
a state or condition being blighted
2. (verb) blight
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
3. (verb) blight, plague
cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) blight
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
2. (noun) blight
the act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc
3. (noun) blight
that which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys
4. (noun) blight
a downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects
5. (noun) blight
a rashlike eruption on the human skin
6. (verb) blight
to affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of
7. (verb) blight
hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects
8. (verb) blight
to be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights
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Sense: a disease in plants that withers them
potato blight.
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 Afrikaans: skimmel, roes |
 Arabic: عاهَةٌ، آفَةٌ |
 Bulgarian: болеет по растенията |
 Brazilian: míldio |
 Czech: plíseň, sněť |
 German: der Mehltau |
 Danish: -syge; -pest |
 Greek: ερυσίβη (ασθένεια των φυτ |
 Spanish: tizón, añublo |
 Estonian: lehemädanik |
 Farsi: آفت |
 Finnish: rutto |
 French: rouille |
 Hebrew: שִׁידָפוֹן, כִּימָשוֹן |
 Hindi: मौसम की वजह से पौधों को ह |
 Croatian: snijet, medljika |
 Hungarian: penész |
 Indonesian: penyakit tumbuhan |
 Icelandic: gróðurplága |
 Italian: ruggine |
 Japanese: 胴枯れ病 |
 Korean: 고사병 |
 Lithuanian: amaras |
 Latvian: miltrasa |
 Malay: hawar |
 Dutch: planteziekte |
 Norwegian: plantesykdom,–råte, meldo |
 Polish: rdza zbożowa |
 Persian: آفت |
 Pashto: آفت، مصیبت |
 Portuguese: míldio |
 Romanian: tăciune, mană |
 Russian: болезнь растений с быстры |
 Slovak: plieseň, sneť |
 Slovenian: rja, snet |
 Serbian: gara |
 Swedish: mjöldagg |
 Thai: โรคพืช |
 Turkish: kıran |
 Taiwanese: (植物)枯萎病 |
 Ukrainian: скручування |
 Urdu: پودوں کی بیماری |
 Vietnamese: bệnh tàn rụi cây |
 Chinese: （植物）枯萎病 |
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