![]() noun the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.noun any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.noun United States A rashlike eruption on the human skin.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun (Zoöl.) 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.noun That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes that which impairs or destroys.noun 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.noun 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.transitive verb Hence: To destroy the happiness of to ruin to mar essentially to frustrate.transitive verb To affect with blight to blast to prevent the growth and fertility of.intransitive verb To be affected by blight to blast.See also tea-bug.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun An insect, usually inconspicuous or hidden, which causes trees or plants to become diseased or to die, as the American blight.To exert a malignant or baleful influence on blast or mar the beauty, hopes, or prospects of frustrate.To affect with blight cause to wither or decay nip, blast, or destroy.In medicine: A slight facial paralysis induced by sudden cold or damp. noun Figuratively, any malignant or mysterious influence that nips, blasts, destroys, or brings to naught anything which withers hope, blasts one's prospects, or checks prosperity. ![]()
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