mildew
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
mildew (uncountable)
- (plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
- French: mildiou
- German: Mehltau, Schimmel
- Italian: muffa
- Portuguese: míldio, mofo
- Russian: пле́сень
- Spanish: moho, mildiu
mildew (mildews, present participle mildewing; past and past participle mildewed)
- (transitive) To taint with mildew.
- 1605, The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare, act 3 scene 4
- He […] mildews the white wheat.
- 1605, The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare, act 3 scene 4
- (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- German: schimmeln, verschimmeln
- Spanish: enmohecer
- German: verschimmeln, schimmeln
- Russian: плесневе́ть
- Spanish: enmohecer
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