Blight
21blight — blight1 [ blaıt ] noun singular or uncount 1. ) something that damages or spoils something else: economic/moral/urban blight blight on: The threat of war cast a blight on their happiness. 2. ) a serious disease affecting plants and crops blight… …
22blight — I UK [blaɪt] / US noun [singular/uncountable] 1) a serious disease affecting plants and crops 2) something that damages or spoils something else economic/moral/urban blight blight on: The threat of war cast a blight on their happiness. II UK… …
23blight — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1578 1. a. a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (as leaves and tubers) b. an organism (as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight 2. something… …
24blight — [[t]bla͟ɪt[/t]] blights, blighting, blighted 1) N VAR: usu with supp You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things. This discriminatory policy has really been a blight on America...… …
25blight — /blaɪt / (say bluyt) noun 1. a widespread and destructive plant disease, such as pome fruit blight or tomato blight. 2. any cause of destruction, ruin, or frustration. 3. → sandy blight. –verb (t) 4. to cause to wither or decay; blast. 5. to… …
26blight — [17] Blight appeared out of the blue in the early 17th century in agricultural and horticultural texts, and its origins are far from clear. It has, however, been speculated that it may be connected with the Old English words blǣce and blǣcthu,… …
27blight — 1 noun (singular) 1 an unhealthy condition of plants in which parts of them dry up and die 2 something that makes people unhappy or that spoils their lives or the environment they live in: Her guilty secret was a blight on her happiness. | the… …
28blight — [17] Blight appeared out of the blue in the early 17th century in agricultural and horticultural texts, and its origins are far from clear. It has, however, been speculated that it may be connected with the Old English words blǣce and blǣcthu,… …
29blight — 1. noun /blaɪt/ a) any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts b) the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition 2 …
30blight — 1. noun 1) potato blight Syn: disease, canker, infestation, fungus, mildew, mold 2) the blight of aircraft noise Syn: affliction, scourge, bane, curse, plague, menace …
