Definitions for mildew

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mildew mil·dew

Spelling: [mil-doo, -dyoo]

IPA: /ˈmɪlˌdu, -ˌdyu/

Mildew is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in mildew (deilmw).

Definitions for mildew

noun

1. Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
2. any of these fungi. Compare downy mildew, powdery mildew.
3. any of similar coatings or discolorations, caused by fungi, as that which appears on fabrics, paper, leather, etc., when exposed to moisture.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to affect or become affected with mildew.

Origin of mildew

before 1000; Middle English: honeydew, mildew; Old English mildēaw, equivalent to mil- honey (cognate with Gothic milith, akin to Latin mel, Greek méli) + dēaw dew

Examples for mildew

Every spot of mildew on the ancient wall-paper was familiar.

The very spectacle of that form which I had learned to love is mildew and contagion to my eyes.

And I've had to turn everything out of every shelf in the house, for mildew and moths.

The only fungous disease of the grape troublesome in the greenhouse is mildew.

Of these, mealy-bug, red-spider, thrips and mildew are most troublesome.

It is no pleasure to me to enter this house, and ruin and mildew everything I touch.

If it be mildew, the specimen must come out of the case and be properly dried.

The vine is vigorous, hardy and productive but subject to mildew and rot.

Pale patches on the leaves are caused by mildew and are a sign of decay.

The vine is vigorous, hardy and productive but susceptible to mildew.