mildew
noun
a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
mildewed
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past participleof mildew.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mildew.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mildewnouna disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
Example Sentences
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When Bill first saw her small, shabby, mildewed lab space, she was momentarily ashamed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in late 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
Clearing out her house in a pandemic, I flung a lifetime of dusty or mildewed treasures into a giant orange dumpster.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
She was amazed by her own fluidness, it was as if she had convinced even herself that she was not living on memories mildewed by thirteen years.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
