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What (who) is mildewed - definition
Mildewed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Mildew.
mildewed
Something that is mildewed has mildew growing on it.
ADJ
mildew
![Unidentified species of mildew growing on a plastic shower curtain (scale gradations = 11 [[µm]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20110605 195711 MildewFromShowerCurtain.jpg?width=200 "Unidentified species of mildew growing on a plastic shower curtain (scale gradations = 11 [[µm]])")
FUNGUS HABIT
Mildews; Mildue
¦ noun a coating of minute fungal hyphae, growing on plants or damp organic material such as paper.
¦ verb affect or be affected with mildew.
Derivatives
mildewy adjective
Origin
OE mildeaw 'honeydew', of Gmc origin.
Examples of use of mildewed
1. Dying carnations rested on windowsills next to burned timbers and mildewed stuffed animals.
2. I spent some time going through a crate full of mildewed papers from the Pacific war and there they were.
3. Inside there‘s a mildewed couch, a water–filled deep freezer, chimes made of seashells encrusted in dirt.
4. I found him in a mildewed house in a suburb of Havana, with children playing outside in cracked streets.
5. A rickety wooden staircase winds through mildewed corridors that separate small apartments crammed with African families sleeping four, five or more to a room.