blight
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
blights
plural
blights
Britannica Dictionary definition of BLIGHT
1
[count]
:
a disease that makes plants dry up and die
2
a
[count]
:
something that causes harm or damage like a disease
— usually singular
— usually + on
-
the blight of poverty in the city
-
The abandoned factory is a blight on the neighborhood.
b
[noncount]
:
a damaged condition
-
the city's spreading urban blight
-
environmental blight
2
blight
/ˈblaɪt/
verb
blights;
blighted;
blighting
2
blight
/ˈblaɪt/
verb
blights;
blighted;
blighting
Britannica Dictionary definition of BLIGHT
[+ object]
1
:
to damage (plants) with a disease
— usually used as (be) blighted
-
The apple trees were blighted by fungus.
2
:
to damage (a thing or place)
-
Builders blighted the land with malls and parking lots.
— blighted
adjective-
blighted areas of the city
-
a blighted industrial landscape
