Mildew

Move the clothes from the washer to the dryer before they start to mildew.

Wooden spoons start to mildew if they're left in the sink too long.

Eva climbed the stairs to Romer's office, trying to analyse the complex smell in the stairwell - a cross between mushrooms and soot, ancient stour and mildew, she decided.

A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew; and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.

Rain and a small shower form out of a cloud, drop by drop. Which makes, when frozen, hail, half-frozen, snow, when warm, mildew.

This towel has a mildew smell.

She found mold and mildew growing around her kitchen sink.

My boots started to mildew.

Wipe down the interior of the dishwasher regularly to prevent mold and mildew.

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.