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Definition: Mildew |
MildewNoun1. The process of becoming mildewed. 2. A fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter. Verb1. Become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mildew" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
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Bible | Mildew (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). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Food & Agriculture | A)a fungus disease that imparts a mouldy appearance to affected leaves and green stems; b)the barrel-shaped conidium found in the mildew fungi, e. g. in the Oak mildew(Microsphaera alphitoides). Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Attack by micro-organisms. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Mildew has nothing to do with either mills or dew. It is the Gaelic mehl-thoew (injurious or destructive blight). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Mildew is a grey, mold-like growth, caused by one of two types of microorganism. These do not belong to the same biological Kingdom.What most horticulturalists and gardeners call mildew is actually Powdery Mildew, in the Ascomycota phylum in the Fungi Kingdom. There are several species, all pests of flowering plants, called obligate parasites. The species that affects roses is Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosa.
The other main form of mildew is Downy Mildew, which is a member of the Oomycota phylum in the Protista Kingdom. In commercial agriculture, Downey Mildew is a particular problem for growers of potatoes, grapes and vine-type vegetables.
Mildew can thrive on any organic matter, not just living tissue, and can appear on clothing, leather, paper, and the ceilings, walls and floors of many homes.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Much of the following text is taken from the Household Cyclopedia of 1881:Wheat mildew may be ranked as a wheat disease which affects the ear, and is brought on by causes somewhat similar to those which occasion blight, though at a more advanced period of the season. If this disorder comes on immediately after the first appearance of the ear the straw will also be affected, but if the grain is nearly or fully formed then injury on the straw is not much discernible. We have seen a crop that carried wheat that was mildewed where the straw was perfectly fresh, though, indeed, this rarely happens. A severe mildew, however, effectually prevents both grain and straw from making any further progress, the whole plant apparently going backward every day till existence in a manner ceases altogether. Something akin to mildew is the gum, which, in all warm moist seasons, attaches itself to the ear, and often occasions considerable damage. All these different disorders are generally accompanied by insects, and by minute parasitic vegetable growths, considered by many to be the authors of the mischief that follows. Their appearance, however, may justly be attributed to the diseased state of the plant; for wherever putrefaction takes place, either in animal or vegetable substances, the presence of these parasites will never be wanting.
Another disorder which affects wheat and is by several people denominated the real rust, is brought on by excessive heat, which occasions the plants to suffer from a privation of nourishment, and become sickly and feeble. In this atrophic state a kind of dust gathers on the stalks and leaves, which increases with the disease, till the plant is in a great measure worn out and exhausted. The only remedy in this case, and it is one that cannot easily be administered by the hand of man, is a plentiful supply of moisture, by which, if it is received before consumption is too far advanced, the crop is benefited in a degree proportional to the extent of nourishment received, and the stage at which the disease has arrived.
Some people have recommended the sowing of blighted and mildewed wheat, because it will vegetate; though certainly the recommendation, if carried into practice, would be attended with imminent danger to those who attempted it. That light or defective wheat will vegetate and produce a plant we are not disposed to contradict, but that it will vegetate as briskly, or put out a stem of equal strength, and capable of withstanding the severe winter blasts as those produced from sound seed we must be excused for not believing. Let it only be considered that a plant of young wheat, unless when very early sown, lives three or four months, in a great measure, upon the nourishment which it derives from the parent seed; and that such nourishment can, in no view of the subject, be so great when the parent is lean and emaciated as when sound, healthy and vigorous. Let it also be remembered that a plant produced from the best and weightiest seed must, in every case, under a parity of other circumstances, have a stronger constitution at the outset, which necessarily qualifies it to push on with greater energy then the season of growth arrives. Indeed, the economy of nature would be overturned should any other result follow. A breeder of cattle or sheep would not act more foolishly, who trusted that a deformed diminutive bull or ram would produce him good stock, than the corn farmer does who uses unsound or imperfect seed.
See also
- QoI
- strobilurins
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Synonym: MildewSynonym: mold (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: mildewing (biology & biotechnology, medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Rust, worm, helminth, moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper; (evil doer); demon. |
Uncleanness | Defilement, contamination; Verb: defoedation; soilure, soiliness; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture; fetor. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mildew |
| English words defined with "mildew": blue mold fungus ♦ fox ♦ Grape fungus ♦ Mildewed, Mildewing ♦ Oidium, onion mildew ♦ Peronospora destructor, Peronospora hyoscyami, Peronospora tabacina ♦ smut ♦ tobacco mildew. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mildew": cleaner, carpet and upholstery, CLEANER, HOME RESTORATION SERVICE, copper oxychloride, copper sprays, copper sulphide ♦ MANAGER, TEXTILE CONVERSION, mosaic form of downy mildew ♦ RESTORER, PAPER-AND-PRINTS ♦ sulphur-copper sprays. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mildew": mellifluous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mildew" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (downy mildew). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The new lilac cultivar named Betsy Ross, released by Margaret Pooler of the U.S. National Arboretum, has fragrant white flowers and tolerates powdery mildew. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Margaret Pooler.. |
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| "Mildew" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.42% of the time. "Mildew" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.42% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.58% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
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Expressions using "mildew": downy mildew ♦ false mildew ♦ grape powdery mildew ♦ mosaic form of downy mildew ♦ oidium powdery mildew ( uncinula necator ♦ onion mildew ♦ potato mildew ♦ powdery mildew ♦ powdery mildew of grapevine ♦ tobacco mildew ♦ vine mildew. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "mildew": mildew-infested, mildew-resistant. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mildew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | myk (Mold, mould, must, mustiness). (various references) | |
Arabic | تغير في اللون, تعفن (corruption, decay, decompose, decomposition, infection, mold, molder, moldiness, mould, moulder, mouldiness, mustiness, perish, putrefaction, putrefy, putrescence, putridity, rot, sweat), عفن (corrupt, decay, decompose, frowsty, fusty, mold, mould, musty, obnoxious, putrefaction, putrefy, putrid, rank, reek, rotten, septic, spoilt, stale, taint), العفن الفطري. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хващам милдю, милдю, плесенясвам (get moldy, get mouldy, grow musty, rot), плесен (fungus, mould, must, rot, smut). (various references) | |
Chinese | 霉. (various references) | |
Czech | zplesnivìt (go to mouldy, grow mouldy), plesnivìt, plíseò (blight, mould, rot, rust), perenospora. (various references) | |
Danish | mug (humidity, mustiness), meldug (oidium, oidium powdery mildew ( uncinula necator, oidium Tuckeri )), skimmel (fleur, flowers of wine, gray, grey, mould, moulds, white horse). (various references) | |
Dutch | meeldauw (blue mould, downy mildew, oidium), witziekte (oidium), valse meeldauw (blight, downy mildew, downy mildew of beet, downy mildew of cabbage, downy mildew of grapevine, downy mildew of sugar beet, grape downy mildew, peronospora), schimmelvorming, peronospora (blight, downy mildew, peronospora), oïdium (oidium, oidium powdery mildew ( uncinula necator, oidium Tuckeri )), eikemeeldauw (oidium), echte meeldauw (oidium). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرمک , کپک زدن (Mould), کپک (Mould), زنگ گیاهی , بادزدگی (Blast). (various references) | |
Finnish | home (mould), härmä (rime, white frost). (various references) | |
French | moisissure. (various references) | |
German | Mehltau. (various references) | |
Greek | μούχλα (fungus, moldiness, mould, mouldiness, mustiness), περονόσπορος (blight, blue mould, downy mildew, peronospora). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ירקון (chlorosis, jaundice), עבוש (fungus, mould), טחב (dampness, humidity, moisture, mustiness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | penész (blight, mold, mould, must), üszög (blight, canker, mole, necrosis, rust), rozsda (rust). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jamur (fungus, mushroom, toadstool), cendawan (fungus, moth, mushroom, toadstool), berjamur. (various references) | |
Italian | muffa bianca, muffa (Mold, mould, mustiness), mali bianchi (oidium), macchia di umidit , oidii (oidium). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 饂飩粉病 , 黴 (mold). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うど""びょう, かび (gaudiness, mold, pomp, splendor). (various references) | |
Korean | 곰팡이. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ildewmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | míldio (blight, downy mildew, mosaic form of downy mildew, peronospora), bolor (mold, mould, must, mustiness, rust). (various references) | |
Romanian | mucegai (Mold, mould, must), oidium. (various references) | |
Russian | плесень (mould, moulds, must, mustiness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ubuđati se, plesan (mold, mould), buđ (mold, mould). (various references) | |
Spanish | moho (blue mould, Mold, mould, must, mustiness, rust). (various references) | |
Swedish | rost (blight, canker, grate, rust, smut), mjöldagg (blight), mögel (mold, mould, must), brand (canker, conflagration, fire, gangrene). (various references) | |
Thai | เชื้อราขึ้นเป็น"วง, ทำให้เชื้อราขึ้นเป็น"วง. (various references) | |
Turkish | küflenmek (be mildewed, become moldy, become mouldy, become musty, Mold, mould), küflendirmek (make moldy, make mouldy, Mold, mould), küf (blight, Mold, moldiness, mould, mouldiness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | цвіль (fade, fungus, mould, must), мільдью, пліснява (fungus, moldiness, mouldiness, mustiness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nấm minddiu. (various references) | |
Welsh | llwydi (greyness, mold). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aurugine, aurugo, Oidium tuckeri, Peronospora, robigine, robiginem, robigo, rubigo. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | mildeaw. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Haggai Chapter 2, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Epataxa umaV en aforia kai en anemofqoria kai en calazh panta ta erga twn ceirwn umwn kai ouk epestreyate proV me legei kurioV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum accederetis ad acervum viginti modiorum et fierent decem intraretis ad torcular ut exprimeretis quinquaginta lagoenas et fiebant viginti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whenne ye wenten to an hep of twenty bushellis, and there weren maad ten; ye entriden to the pressour, that ye shulden presse out fifty galouns, and ther weren maad twenti. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I sent burning and wasting and a rain of ice-drops on all the works of your hands; but still you were not turned to me, says the Lord. |
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| Language | Haggai Chapter 2, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Gihampak ko kamo pinaagi sa hulaw, ug sa panglaya sa dahon, ug sa ulan-nga-yelo, sa tanang mga buhat sa inyong mga kamot; bisan pa niana kamo wala bumalik kanako, nagaingon si Jehova. |
| Croatian | Udarao sam snijeæu, medljikom i gr"adom svako djelo vaših ruku, ali nikoga nema k meni" - rijeè je Jahvina. |
| Danish | Jeg slog eder med Kornbrand, Rust og Hagl ved alt eders Arbejde, men I omvendte eder ikke til mig, lyder det fra HERREN. |
| Finnish | Minä löin teitä, kaikkia teidän kättenne töitä, nokitähkällä ja viljanruosteella ja rakeilla, mutta ei kenkään teistä kääntynyt minun puoleeni, sanoo Herra. |
| French | Je vous ai frappés par la rouille et par la nielle, et par la grêle; J`ai frappé tout le travail de vos mains. Malgré cela, vous n`êtes pas revenus moi, dit l`Éternel. |
| German | Denn ich plagte euch mit Dürre, Brandkorn und Hagel in all eurer Arbeit; dennoch kehrtet ihr euch nicht zu mir, spricht der HERR. |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen voye lawouy ak lagrèl gate tou sa nou te plante ak men nou. Mwen fè yo kanni. Men, nou yonn pa tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se Seyè a ki di sa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku telah menurunkan angin panas dan hujan batu untuk menghancurkan segala hasil ladangmu, tetapi kamu tak mau juga kembali kepada-Ku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada masa orang belum membuat dia, tatkala datanglah orang kepada timbunan gandum yang dua puluh gantang, maka didapatinya akan hanya sepuluh gantang, dan tatkala ia datang kepada tempat air anggur hendak menciduk lima puluh takar dari dalam apitan, maka didapatinya akan hanya dua puluh. |
| Italian | Io vi ho colpiti con la ruggine, con il carbonchio e con la grandine in tutti i lavori delle vostre mani, ma voi non siete ritornati a me - parola del Signore -. |
| Maori | I patua koutou e ahau, nga mahi katoa a o koutou ringa ki te ngingio, ki te koriri, ki te whatu, a kihai koutou i tahuri ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Jeg slo eder med kornbrand og rust og hagl i all eders henders gjerning; men I vendte eder ikke til mig, sier Herren. |
| Rumanian | V`am lovit cu ruginq kn grku wi cu tqciune, wi cu grindinq; am lovit tot lucrul mknilor voastre. Wi cu toate acestea..., tot nu v`ayi kntors la Mine, zice Domnul.`` |
| Russian | рПТБЦБМ с ЧБУ ТЦБЧЮЙОПА Й 'МЕЛМПУФША ИМЕ'Б Й ЗТБ"ПН ЧУЕ ФТХ"Щ ТХЛ ЧБЫЙИ; ОП ЧЩ ОЕ П'ТБЭБМЙУШ ЛП нОЕ, ЗПЧПТЙФ зПУ П"Ш. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mildew": mildewed, mildewing, mildews, mildewy. (additional references) | |
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"Mildew" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hildrew, malde, maldow, Malew, medew, Medlawa, milde, Milden, mildi, mildrew, mildue, Mulde, Nilde. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-m-w" | |
-1 letter: limed, wield, wiled. | |
-2 letters: deil, deli, diel, dime, idem, idle, lewd, lied, lime, lwei, meld, mewl, mild, mile, weld, wide, wild, wile. | |
-3 letters: del, dew, die, dim, eld, elm, led, lei, lid, lie, med, mel, mew, mid, mil, wed. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, el, em, id, li, me, mi, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-m-w" | |
+1 letter: mildews, mildewy, wimbled, wimpled. | |
+2 letters: mildewed, milkweed, semiwild. | |
+3 letters: demiworld, midweekly, mildewing, milkweeds. | |
+4 letters: demiworlds, disembowel, middlebrow, mindblower, wilderment, windmilled. | |
+5 letters: disembowels, middlebrows, mindblowers, thimbleweed, wilderments. | |
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