Complete Definition of "blight"

English

Pronunciation
AHD|blīt
IPA|/blaɪt/
SAMPA|/blaIt/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪt|-aɪt

Noun
en-noun|s|-
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  1. any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaf|leaves, fruit or other parts
  2. the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition
  3. context|by extension anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life

Derived terms
top4
alder blight
American blight
aphis-blight
apple blight
bean blight
beet blight
blight bird
blight canker
blight in the eye
blight-beetle
blighted
blighty
blister blight
cane blight
mid4
celery blight
chestnut blight
coffee blight
collar blight
early blight
fire blight, fireblight
frictional blight
functional blight
fusarium ear blight, fusarium head blight
green blight
halo blight
head blight
kernel blight
mid4
late blight
leaf blight
moth blight
needle blight
northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight
oak blight
peach blight
pear blight
pine blight
planning blight
potato blight
rim blight
sandy blight
mid4
seedling blight
southern blight
Sphaeropsis blight
spinach blight
spur blight
stamen blight
stem blight
stripe blight
thread blight
tomato blight
twig blight
urban blight
walnut blight

Translations
trans-top|plant disease
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|agent of this disease
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|anything that impedes growth or spoils something
Finnish: vitsaus, jokin|jonkin pilaaja
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

  1. intransitive to suffer blight
  2. transitive to cause to suffer blight
  3. transitive to spoil or ruin (something)

Translations
trans-top|to suffer blight
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to cause to suffer blight
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to spoil or ruin (something)
Finnish: pilata, turmella
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
blighter
blighting
blightingly

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