mildew C1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈmɪlˌdu/ UK /ˈmɪldjuː/ See IPA manual Freq #34679 Meanings 1 noun a thin, usually whitish fungal growth on plants or damp organic material Powdery mildew spread across the leaves after several humid weeks. 2 verb to become affected or damaged by mildew The books began to mildew in the damp basement. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a thin, usually whitish... fungal growthmold 2 verb · to become affected or... molddecay Word family Forms mildewedmildewy Derived forms mildewedmildewy Related forms fungusmoldrotdamp Common collocations powdery mildew Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English mildew and Old English mildēaw, a compound whose second element is dew; related forms appear in Dutch meeldauw and German Mehltau. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mildew **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈmɪlˌdu/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɪldjuː/ **Frequency rank:** 34679 ## Meanings 1. a thin, usually whitish fungal growth on plants or damp organic material 2. to become affected or damaged by mildew ## Examples - Powdery mildew spread across the leaves after several humid weeks. - The books began to mildew in the damp basement. ## Synonyms - fungal growth - mold ## Derived Forms - mildewed - mildewy ## Related Forms - fungus - mold - rot - damp ## Etymology From Middle English mildew and Old English mildēaw, a compound whose second element is dew; related forms appear in Dutch meeldauw and German Mehltau. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown