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blight  (blt)

n.

1.

a. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues.

b. The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight.

2. An extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution.

3. Something that impairs growth, withers hopes and ambitions, or impedes progress and prosperity.

v. blight·ed, blight·ing, blights

v.tr.

1. To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight.

2. To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. See Synonyms at blast.

v.intr.

To suffer blight.

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blight [blaɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting See also potato blight

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants

3. a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity

4. an ugly urban district

5. the state or condition of being blighted or spoilt

vb

1. to cause or suffer a blight

2. (tr) to frustrate or disappoint

3. (tr) to spoil; destroy

[perhaps related to Old English blǣce rash; compare bleach]

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blight  (blt)

1. Any of numerous plant diseases that cause leaves, stems, fruits, and tissues to wither and die. Rust, mildew, and smut are blights.

2. The bacterium, fungus, or virus that causes such a disease.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blight - a state or condition being blighted desolation, devastation - the state of being decayed or destroyed
	2.	blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting alder blight - a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) apple blight, apple canker - a disease of apple trees beet blight - a disease of beet plants blister blight - a disease of tea plants blister blight - a disease of Scotch pines cane blight - a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants) chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease - a disease of American chestnut trees coffee blight - a blight affecting the coffee plant collar blight - a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees bean blight, halo spot, halo blight - a blight of bean plants halo blight - a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses head blight - a blight of the heads of cereals late blight - blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant peach blight - a disease of trees bearing drupes potato blight, potato disease, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain - a blight of potatoes rim blight - a disease of tea plants spinach blight - a disease of spinach plants spur blight - a disease of raspberries stem blight - a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants stripe blight - a disease of oats thread blight - a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) tomato blight, tomato yellows - a disease of tomato plants twig blight - a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants walnut blight - a disease of English walnut trees plant disease - a disease that affects plants
Verb	1.	blight - cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" plague afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"

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blight

noun

1. curse, suffering, evil, depression, corruption, distress, pollution, misery, plague, hardship, woe, misfortune, contamination, adversity, scourge, affliction, bane, wretchedness urban blight and unacceptable poverty
curse help, service, favour, blessing, boon, bounty, godsend, benefaction

2. disease, plague, pest, fungus, contamination, mildew, contagion, infestation, pestilence, canker, cancer the worst year of the potato blight

verb

frustrate, destroy, ruin, crush, mar, dash, wreck, spoil, scar, undo, mess up, annihilate, nullify, put a damper on families whose lives were blighted by unemployment

Translations

blight [blaɪt]

A. N

1. (Bot) [of plants, cereals, fruit, trees] → roya f

2. (fig) → plaga f
urban blight → desertización f urbana
to cast a blight on or over → arruinar

B. VT

1. (Bot) (= wither) → marchitar

2. (fig) (= spoil) → arruinar; (= frustrate) → frustrar; [+ urban scene] → desertizar

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blight [ˈblaɪt]

n

to be a blight on sth (= disgrace to) → être un fléau pour qch, être une plaie pour qch urban blight

(= disease) (in roses, cereals) → rouille f; (in potatoes) → mildiou m, brunissure f

vt

[+ career, life] → gâcher

[+ hopes] → anéantir, briser

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blight

n

(on plants) → Braunfäule f

(fig) to be a blight on or upon somebody’s life/happiness → jdm das Leben/jds Glück vergällen; these slums are a blight upon the city → diese Slums sind ein Schandfleck für die Stadt; scenes of urban blight → verfallene Stadtteile; this poverty which is a blight upon our nation → die Armut, mit der unser Volk geschlagen ist

vt

plants → zerstören

(fig) hopes → vereiteln; sb’s career, future also → verderben; to blight somebody’s life → jdm das Leben verderben

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blight [blaɪt]

1. n (Bot) malattia che fa avvizzire le piante (fig) → piaga

2. vt (plants) → far avvizzire (fig) (future, hopes) → rovinare, distruggere

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blight

n blight [blait]

a disease in plants that withers them potato blight. skimmel, roes, عاهَةٌ، آفَةٌ болеет по растенията plíseň, sněť -syge; -pest der Mehltau ερυσίβη (ασθένεια των φυτών) tizón, añublo lehemädanik آفت rutto rouille שִׁידָפוֹן, כִּימָשוֹן मौसम की वजह से पौधों को होने वाला एक रोग snijet, medljika penész penyakit tumbuhan gróðurplága ruggine 胴枯れ病 고사병 amaras miltrasa hawar planteziekte plantesykdom, –råte, meldogg rdza zbożowa míldio tăciune, mană болезнь растений с быстрым увяданием plieseň, sneť rja, snet gara mjöldagg โรคพืช kıran (植物)枯萎病 скручування پودوں کی بیماری bệnh tàn rụi cây （植物）枯萎病