Associations to the word «Mildew»

Wiktionary

MILDEW, noun. A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
MILDEW, verb. (transitive) To taint with mildew.
MILDEW, verb. (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.

Dictionary definition

MILDEW, noun. The process of becoming mildewed.
MILDEW, noun. A fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter.
MILDEW, verb. Become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne