Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

“You don’t have to answer, but you might want to churn over if the word blight means anything to you all.” If he could have seen the expression on Edith's face the night previous, as she looked on his besotted father, he would have cursed more bitterly than ever what he termed the blight of his life. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. These questions should be well considered, particularly the last one, as it is a well-known fact that in a general way the term blight is frequently used for various injuries or diseases of plants causing the whole or parts to wither and die, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. noun a state or condition being blighted.noun any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting.verb transitive to spoil or ruin (something)įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb transitive to cause to suffer blight.noun by extension anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.

noun the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.noun any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.noun United States A rashlike eruption on the human skin.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun (Zoöl.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches - also applied to several other injurious insects.noun That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes that which impairs or destroys.noun The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.

noun Mildew decay anything nipping or blasting - applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.

transitive verb Hence: To destroy the happiness of to ruin to mar essentially to frustrate.

transitive verb To affect with blight to blast to prevent the growth and fertility of.

intransitive verb To be affected by blight to blast.

See also tea-bug.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun An insect, usually inconspicuous or hidden, which causes trees or plants to become diseased or to die, as the American blight.

To exert a malignant or baleful influence on blast or mar the beauty, hopes, or prospects of frustrate.

To affect with blight cause to wither or decay nip, blast, or destroy.

In medicine: A slight facial paralysis induced by sudden cold or damp.

noun Figuratively, any malignant or mysterious influence that nips, blasts, destroys, or brings to naught anything which withers hope, blasts one's prospects, or checks prosperity.

noun Some influence, usually hidden or not conspicuous, that nips, blasts, or destroys plants a diseased state of plants caused by the condition of the soil, atmospheric influences, insects, parasitic plants, etc.

intransitive verb To have a deleterious effect on ruin.

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

noun A condition or result of harmful or ruinous action.

noun An agent or action that harms or ruins the value or success of something.

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

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

From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Blight definition