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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blight /blaɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Diseases a disease of plants, in which there is loss of color and wilting:[uncountable]All my houseplants suffered from blight.
- Sociologythe state or result of ruin, difficulty, or damage: [uncountable]Crime and corruption are the beginnings of urban blight.[countable]pollution and war as blights on the planet.
v. [~ + object] - to cause to wither:The disease blighted all the elms and oaks.
- to destroy;
ruin;
frustrate: Illness blighted her hopes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blight (blīt),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Diseases
- the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
- a disease so characterized.
- any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration:Extravagance was the blight of the family.
- Sociologythe state or result of being blighted or deteriorated;
dilapidation;
decay:urban blight.
v.t. - to cause to wither or decay;
blast:Frost blighted the crops. - to destroy;
ruin;
frustrate:Illness blighted his hopes.
v.i. - to suffer blight.
- of uncertain origin, originally 1605–15
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . curse, plague, scourge, bane.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blight /blaɪt/ n - any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting
- any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants
- a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity
- an ugly urban district
vb - to cause or suffer a blight
- (transitive) to frustrate or disappoint
- (transitive) to spoil; destroy
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps related to Old English blǣce rash; compare bleach |