| blight | | |
| n. (state) | 1. blight | a state or condition being blighted. |
| ~ desolation, devastation | the state of being decayed or destroyed. |
| n. (state) | 2. blight | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting. |
| ~ alder blight | a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse). |
| ~ apple blight, apple canker | a disease of apple trees. |
| ~ beet blight | a disease of beet plants. |
| ~ blister blight | a disease of tea plants. |
| ~ blister blight | a disease of Scotch pines. |
| ~ cane blight | a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants). |
| ~ chestnut-bark disease, chestnut blight, chestnut canker | a disease of American chestnut trees. |
| ~ coffee blight | a blight affecting the coffee plant. |
| ~ collar blight | a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees. |
| ~ bean blight, halo spot, halo blight | a blight of bean plants. |
| ~ halo blight | a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses. |
| ~ head blight | a blight of the heads of cereals. |
| ~ late blight | blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans. |
| ~ leaf blight | any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant. |
| ~ peach blight | a disease of trees bearing drupes. |
| ~ potato blight, potato disease, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain | a blight of potatoes. |
| ~ rim blight | a disease of tea plants. |
| ~ spinach blight | a disease of spinach plants. |
| ~ spur blight | a disease of raspberries. |
| ~ stem blight | a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants. |
| ~ stripe blight | a disease of oats. |
| ~ thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus). |
| ~ tomato blight, tomato yellows | a disease of tomato plants. |
| ~ twig blight | a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants. |
| ~ walnut blight | a disease of English walnut trees. |
| ~ plant disease | a disease that affects plants. |
| v. (weather) | 3. blight, plague | cause to suffer a blight.; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" |
| ~ afflict, smite | cause physical pain or suffering in.; "afflict with the plague" |
| plague | | |
| n. (state) | 1. pest, pestilence, pestis, plague | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. |
| ~ epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people. |
| ~ bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica | the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person. |
| ~ plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague | a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever. |
| ~ septicemic plague | an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person. |
| n. (state) | 2. pest, pestilence, plague | any epidemic disease with a high death rate. |
| ~ epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people. |
| n. (group) | 3. infestation, plague | a swarm of insects that attack plants.; "a plague of grasshoppers" |
| ~ swarm, cloud | a group of many things in the air or on the ground.; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores" |
| n. (event) | 4. plague | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God). |
| ~ calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, disaster | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. plague | an annoyance.; "those children are a damn plague" |
| ~ pain in the ass, bother, botheration, pain in the neck, infliction, annoyance, pain | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| v. (emotion) | 6. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" |
| ~ annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ haze | harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions. |
| salute | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. salutation, salute | an act of honor or courteous recognition.; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" |
| ~ credit, recognition | approval.; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" |
| n. (communication) | 2. military greeting, salute | a formal military gesture of respect. |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (communication) | 3. salute | an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat. |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| v. (consumption) | 4. drink, pledge, salute, toast, wassail | propose a toast to.; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" |
| ~ booze, drink, fuddle | consume alcohol.; "We were up drinking all night" |
| ~ give | propose.; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party" |
| ~ honor, honour, reward | bestow honor or rewards upon.; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" |
| v. (communication) | 5. salute | greet in a friendly way.; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me" |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| ~ salaam | greet with a salaam. |
| v. (communication) | 6. salute | express commendation of.; "I salute your courage!" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (perception) | 7. salute | become noticeable.; "a terrible stench saluted our nostrils" |
| ~ smell | smell bad.; "He rarely washes, and he smells" |
| v. (communication) | 8. salute | honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers. |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| v. (communication) | 9. present, salute | recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position.; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| south | | |
| n. (location) | 1. south | the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line. |
| ~ hoecake | thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern). |
| ~ kkk, klan, ku klux klan | a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| ~ gulf states | a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas. |
| ~ deep south | the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery. |
| ~ old south | the South of the United States before the American Civil War. |
| ~ tidewater region, tidewater | the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia. |
| ~ piedmont | the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama. |
| ~ carolina, carolinas | the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. |
| ~ alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie, al | a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ empire state of the south, georgia, peach state, ga | a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ louisiana, pelican state, la | a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ free state, maryland, old line state, md | a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. |
| ~ magnolia state, mississippi, ms | a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. |
| ~ nc, north carolina, old north state, tar heel state | a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies. |
| ~ palmetto state, sc, south carolina | a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies. |
| ~ tennessee, tn, volunteer state | a state in east central United States. |
| ~ old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. |
| ~ southerner | an American who lives in the South. |
| n. (location) | 2. confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south | the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ slave state | any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War. |
| ~ alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie, al | a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ arkansas, land of opportunity, ar | a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ everglade state, fl, florida, sunshine state | a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ empire state of the south, georgia, peach state, ga | a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ louisiana, pelican state, la | a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. |
| ~ magnolia state, mississippi, ms | a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. |
| ~ missouri, show me state, mo | a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union. |
| ~ nc, north carolina, old north state, tar heel state | a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies. |
| ~ palmetto state, sc, south carolina | a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies. |
| ~ tennessee, tn, volunteer state | a state in east central United States. |
| ~ lone-star state, texas, tx | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico. |
| ~ old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. due south, s, south, southward | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. |
| ~ cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points. |
| n. (location) | 4. south | a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city. |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| n. (linkdef) | 5. south | the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| adj. | 6. south | situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south.; "the south entrance" |
| ~ southbound, southward | moving toward the south.; "a southbound train" |
| ~ south-central | situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region.; "south-central London" |
| ~ southerly, southern | from the south; used especially of wind.; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" |
| ~ southerly, southern | situated in or oriented toward the south.; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" |
| ~ southernmost, southmost | situated farthest south.; "Key West is the southernmost city in the continental United States" |
| ~ southeastern, southeast, southeasterly | situated in or oriented toward the southeast. |
| ~ southeast, southeasterly | coming from the southeast.; "southeasterly breezes" |
| ~ southeastward | toward the southeast. |
| ~ southwestern, southwest, southwesterly | situated in or oriented toward the southwest. |
| ~ southwest, southwesterly | coming from the southwest.; "the winds are southwesterly" |
| ~ southwestward | toward the southwest. |
| adv. | 7. in the south, south, to the south | in a southern direction.; "we moved south" |
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