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мор — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • murrain noun Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
  • pest noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
  • pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

мор is used for these senses in English:

  • murrain (countable, veterinary disease, chiefly, historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
  • pest (now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
  • pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
  • plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

murrain — full definition

  1. noun Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
  2. noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
  3. noun Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
  4. noun An infectious disease affecting plants.

pest — full definition

  1. noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
  2. noun An annoying person, especially one who keeps bothering others.

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