| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. So as to cause blight.[Websters]
2. In a rusted manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a withering, desiccated or wizened manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a damaging, scathing or disadvantaged manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a devastating manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a shattering or crushing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a searing, parched or scorching manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a damning or cussed manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a depraved or debauched manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective blighting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Blighting) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb blight.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blight) | 1. Cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold".[Wordnet]. 2. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.[Websters]. 3. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.[Websters]. 4. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: blighting, blighted, blights, blighter, blighters, blightingly and blightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLIGHTINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: blight
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Biology & Biotechnology | 1: The common infectious keratitis of cattle caused by Heamophilus (Moraxella) bovis. It occurs as outbreaks, characterized by ocular discharge, blepharospasm and pain; an eye disease of sheep and goats involving inflammation of the conjunctiva, which progresses to corneal ulcers and blindness. The condition occurs worldwide and is contagious, being associated with a number microorganisms, although Chlamydia psittaci ovis and Mycoplasma conjunctivae are the most commonly isolated pathogens. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Any disease, or (occasionally) a pest, associated with an often rapid wilting and dieback of foliage, flowers and even shoots. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Wikipedic | Blight is any of a number of diseases affecting many species of plants. Common symptoms of infection include wilting of the leaves, or the appearances of brownish spots, or lesions, on leaves or stems. Causes of blight include fungal (e.g. Botrytis), bacterial (e.g. Erwinia), or viral infection. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: blight
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Alder blight | A disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| American blight | Primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Apple blight | 1: An aphid which injures apple trees. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A disease of apple trees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Bean blight | A blight of bean plants. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Beet blight | A disease of beet plants. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Blight canker | A phase of fire blight in which cankers appear. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Blister blight | 1: A disease of tea plants. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: A disease of Scotch pines. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Cane blight | A disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Celery blight | A fungous leaf spot disease of the celery plant. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Chestnut blight | A disease of American chestnut trees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: blight
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cedar leaf blight | Biology & Biotechnology | A tree disease caused by the fungus, Didymascella (Keithia) thujina; damage is rarely serious in forest stands. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Chestnut blight | Geology | A disease of chestnut trees caused by the fungus Enqothia parasitica. The major symptom is swollen, cracked cankers that form on the outside of the tree, spread into the tree and kills it. This disease is the primary reason why there are almost no American chestnut trees alive today. The population was decimated when the disease was introduced to America with Japanese chestnut trees. (references) | |
| Kernel blight | Geology | Any of a group of fungal diseases of barley which cause withering and discoloration of the grain; Gibberella zeae, Helminthosporium sativum and Alternaria are typically the culprits. (references) | |
| Leaf blight | Geology | Any of various diseases which lead to the browning and dropping of a plant’s leaves. (references) | |
| Parch blight | Biology & Biotechnology | The desiccation of foliage and twigs by dry winds at times when water conduction is restricted by either cold soil or by the freezing of plant tissues or the ground. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Plume blight | Environment | Visual impairment of air quality that manifests itself as a coherent plume. (references) | |
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