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/ˈmɪl.djuː/ · noun
(phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances..
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.
His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
Use mildew when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mildew means (phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances..
Common synonyms include mold.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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