"mildew" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪl.djuː/ [UK], /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mildew.wav
Rhymes: -ɪldjuː, -ɪldu Etymology: From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|myldew}} Middle English myldew, {{inh|en|ang|meledeaw|meledēaw}} Old English meledēaw, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*milidauw}} Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, {{af|gmw-pro|*mili|*dauw|nocat=1|t1=honey|t2=dew}} *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”), {{cog|fy|moaldau}} West Frisian moaldau, {{cog|nl|meeldauw}} Dutch meeldauw, {{cog|de|Mehltau}} German Mehltau Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mildew (uncountable)
  1. (phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Plant diseases Categories (lifeform): Fungi, Parasites Translations (growth of minute fungi): skimmel (Afrikaans), myk [masculine] (Albanian), ἐρυσίβη (erusíbē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَعَفُّن (taʕaffun) [masculine] (Arabic), عُفُونَة (ʕufūna) [feminine] (Arabic), բորբոս (borbos) (Armenian), kif (Azerbaijani), цвіль (cvilʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), пле́сня (pljésnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), бро́сня (brósnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), мана (mana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), míldiu (Catalan), 霉菌 (méijūn) (Chinese Mandarin), (méi) (Chinese Mandarin), plíseň [feminine] (Czech), meldug (Danish), mug [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), schimmel [masculine] (Dutch), meeldauw [masculine] (Dutch), melduo (Esperanto), home (Finnish), mildiou [masculine] (French), ობი (obi) (Georgian), მილდიუ (mildiu) (Georgian), ჭრაქი (č̣raki) (Georgian), Mehltau [masculine] (German), Schimmel [masculine] (German), μούχλα (moúchla) [feminine] (Greek), טַחַב (takhav) [masculine] (Hebrew), फफूंदी (phaphūndī) (Hindi), lisztharmat (Hungarian), üszög (Hungarian), rozsda (Hungarian), peronoszpóra (Hungarian), penész (Hungarian), Milldau [masculine] (Hunsrik), caonach liath [masculine] (Irish), coincleach [feminine] (Irish), muffa [feminine] (Italian), junjo (Jamaican Creole), (kabi) (alt: かび) (Japanese), зай (zai) (Kazakh), зең (zeñ) (Kazakh), ផ្សិត (phsət) (Khmer), 곰팡이 (gompang'i) (Korean), көк дат (kök dat) (Kyrgyz), aurūgō [feminine] (Latin), rōbīgō [feminine] (Latin), pelējums [masculine] (Latvian), miltligė [feminine] (Lithuanian), pómjodk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), mjodnica [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), му́вла (múvla) [feminine] (Macedonian), kūpā (Maori), kāhekaheka (Maori), hōpurupuru (Maori), хөгц (xögc) (Mongolian), mildēaw [masculine, neuter] (Old English), meledēaw [masculine, neuter] (Old English), كوف (küf) (Ottoman Turkish), pleśń [feminine] (Polish), míldio [masculine] (Portuguese), mofo [masculine] (Portuguese), mucegai (Romanian), пле́сень (plésenʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ми́лдью (míldʹju) [feminine] (Russian), плесан [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), плијесан [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), буђ [Cyrillic, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plesan [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), plijesan [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), buđ [Roman, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pleseň [feminine] (Slovak), plesen [feminine] (Slovene), moho [masculine] (Spanish), mildiu (Spanish), mjöldagg (Swedish), tagulamin (Tagalog), мағор (maġor) (Tajik), пӯпанак (püpanak) (Tajik), карра (karra) (Tajik), ཧམ་འབུ (ham 'bu) (Tibetan), küf (Turkish), плі́снява (plísnjava) (Ukrainian), цвіль (cvilʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), плі́сень (plísenʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pomjedź [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), mogʻor (Uzbek), poʻpanak (Uzbek), mốc (Vietnamese), llwydni [masculine] (Welsh), skimmel (West Frisian)
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translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 16 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 71 22 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 76 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 61 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with 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Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪl.djuː/ [UK], /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mildew.wav Forms: mildews [present, singular, third-person], mildewing [participle, present], mildewed [participle, past], mildewed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪldjuː, -ɪldu Etymology: From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|myldew}} Middle English myldew, {{inh|en|ang|meledeaw|meledēaw}} Old English meledēaw, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*milidauw}} Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, {{af|gmw-pro|*mili|*dauw|nocat=1|t1=honey|t2=dew}} *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”), {{cog|fy|moaldau}} West Frisian moaldau, {{cog|nl|meeldauw}} Dutch meeldauw, {{cog|de|Mehltau}} German Mehltau Head templates: {{en-verb}} mildew (third-person singular simple present mildews, present participle mildewing, simple past and past participle mildewed)
  1. (transitive) To taint with mildew. Tags: transitive Translations (to taint with mildew): met schimmel bedekken (Dutch), homehduttaa (Finnish), schimmeln (German), verschimmeln (German), かびる (kabiru) (Japanese), enmohecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mildew-en-verb-kPSzS7YE Disambiguation of 'to taint with mildew': 92 8
  2. (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become tainted with mildew): zplesnivět [perfective] (Czech), plesnivět [imperfective] (Czech), beschimmelen (Dutch), homehtua (Finnish), saada homehtumaan (Finnish), verschimmeln (German), schimmeln (German), homehtua (Ingrian), pleśnieć [imperfective] (Polish), spleśnieć [perfective] (Polish), плесневе́ть (plesnevétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заплесневе́ть (zaplesnevétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), enmohecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mildew-en-verb-d76fgvu8 Disambiguation of 'to become tainted with mildew': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mould, mold

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "skimmel"
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          "code": "sq",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَعَفُّن"
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "عُفُونَة"
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          "code": "hy",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "բորբոս"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "kif"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "cvilʹ",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "цвіль"
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          "code": "be",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пле́сня"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бро́сня"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "mana",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "мана"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "míldiu"
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "霉菌"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "霉"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "da",
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          "word": "meldug"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
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          "word": "melduo"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "home"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "ობი"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "მილდიუ"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "coincleach"
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          "code": "it",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "muffa"
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          "code": "jam",
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          "word": "junjo"
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          "word": "黴"
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "zai",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "зай"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "word": "зең"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phsət",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "ផ្សិត"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gompang'i",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "곰팡이"
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        {
          "code": "ky",
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          "code": "la",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "kūpā"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "kāhekaheka"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "hōpurupuru"
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          "code": "mn",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "хөгц"
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          "code": "ang",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ota",
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          "roman": "küf",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "كوف"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "pleśń"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "mucegai"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "пле́сень"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "moho"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "mildiu"
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          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
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          "roman": "ham 'bu",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "ཧམ་འབུ"
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          "word": "küf"
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          "word": "плі́снява"
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          "word": "плі́сень"
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "growth of minute fungi",
          "word": "poʻpanak"
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          "word": "mốc"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to taint with mildew",
      "word": "enmohecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zplesnivět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "plesnivět"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "beschimmelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "homehtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "saada homehtumaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "verschimmeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "schimmeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "homehtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pleśnieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spleśnieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plesnevétʹ",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плесневе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaplesnevétʹ",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заплесневе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become tainted with mildew",
      "word": "enmohecer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mildew"
}

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