'Blighting' definitions:
Definition of 'Blighting'
From: GCIDE
- Blight \Blight\ (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blighting.] [Perh. contr. from AS. bl[imac]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The meaning "to blight" comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf. Bleach, Bleak.]
- 1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. [1913 Webster]
- [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. [1913 Webster]
- Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blighting'
From: GCIDE
- Blighting \Blight"ing\, a. Causing blight. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Blighting'
- Blight,
- Blighted,
- Blightingly,
- Moth blight,
- Pear blight,
- alder blight,
- american blight,
- apple blight,
- bean blight,
- beet blight,
- blight canker,
- blighted spoilt,
- blister blight,
- cane blight,
- celery blight,
- chestnut blight,
- coffee blight,
- collar blight,
- fire blight,
- halo blight,
- head blight,
- late blight,
- leaf blight,
- needle blight,
- oak blight,
- peach blight,
- potato blight,
- rim blight,
- spinach blight,
- spur blight,
- stem blight,
- stripe blight,
- thread blight,
- tomato blight,
- twig blight,
- walnut blight