Meaning of MILDEW
| Pronunciation: | | 'mildyoo
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- [n] a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
- [n] the process of becoming mildewed
- [v] become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house"
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| | Synonyms: | | mold, mold |
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| | See Also: | | change, downy mildew, dry-rot, false mildew, fungus, powdery mildew, smut, spoilage, spoiling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mil"dew\, n. [AS. melede['a]w; akin to OHG. militou, G.
mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth.
milip honey. See {Mellifluous}, and {Dew}.] (Bot.)
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of
different colors, found on various diseased or decaying
substances.
\Mil"dew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mildewed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mildewing}.]
To taint with mildew.
He . . . mildews the white wheat. --Shak.
\Mil"dew\, v. i.
To become tainted with mildew.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing mildew in your dream, symbolizes neglected feelings and emotions that you are unwilling to confront. It is time to bring those feelings to the surface and work through them. |
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| | Definition: | | (the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28). |
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| | Related Terms: | | biodegradability, biodegradation, blast, blight, break up, breakup, cancer, canker, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, decompose, decomposition, degradability, degradation, dilapidation, disintegrate, disintegration, disorganization, dissolution, dry rot, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, fetidity, fetidness, foulness, frowst, frowstiness, frowziness, fungus, funkiness, fustiness, gangrene, go bad, go to pieces, malodorousness, mold, molder, moldiness, mortify, moth, moth and rust, must, mustiness, necrose, noisomeness, odorousness, offensiveness, oxidation, oxidization, pest, putrefy, putresce, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness, reastiness, repulsiveness, resolution, rot, rottenness, rust, smelliness, smut, sphacelate, spoil, spoilage, stinkingness, stuffiness, suppurate, worm |
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