mildew

UK /ˈmɪl.djuː/ US /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/

verb 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

growing, left, warm

VERB + MILDEW

boots, found, mold, prevent, snow, start, started

MILDEW + NOUN

they're

PREP.

around

noun

A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

verb

To taint with mildew.

Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.

To become tainted with mildew.

His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.

noun — the process of becoming mildewed

verb — become moldy

Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.

Wiktionary

His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.

Wiktionary

Move the clothes from the washer to the dryer before they start to mildew.

Tatoeba · #817016

Wooden spoons start to mildew if they're left in the sink too long.

Tatoeba · #823555

Rain and a small shower form out of a cloud, drop by drop. Which makes, when frozen, hail, half-frozen, snow, when warm, mildew.

Tatoeba · #7305513

This towel has a mildew smell.

Tatoeba · #8549708

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