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Definition of Blight
1. Verb. Cause to suffer a blight. "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
2. Noun. A state or condition being blighted.
3. Noun. Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting.
Generic synonyms: Plant Disease
Definition of Blight
1. v. t. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
2. v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
3. n. 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.
Definition of Blight
1. Noun. any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts ¹
2. Noun. the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition ¹
3. Noun. (context: by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to suffer blight ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) to cause to suffer blight ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) to spoil or ruin (something) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blight
1. to cause decay [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Blight
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1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. "[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man." (Woodward)
2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. "Seared in heart and lone and blighted." (Byron)
Origin: Perh. Contr. From AS. Blicettan 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 pale, make pale, bleach. Cf. Bleach, Bleak.
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.
2. 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. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys. "A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes." (Disraeli)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blight
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