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fes·ter
(fĕs′tər)v. fes·tered, fes·ter·ing, fes·ters
v. intr.
1. To generate pus; suppurate.
2. To form an ulcer.
3. To undergo decay; rot.
4.
a. To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle: bitterness that festered and grew.
b. To be subject to or exist in a condition of decline: allowed the once beautiful park to fester.
v. tr.
To infect, inflame, or corrupt.
n.
A small festering sore or ulcer; a pustule.
[Middle English festren, from festre, fistula, from Old French, from Latin fistula; see fistula.]
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fester
(ˈfɛstə)vb
1. (Medicine) to form or cause to form pus
2. (intr) to become rotten; decay
3. to become or cause to become bitter, irritated, etc, esp over a long period of time; rankle: resentment festered his imagination.
4. (intr) informal to be idle or inactive
n
(Medicine) a small ulcer or sore containing pus
[C13: from Old French festre suppurating sore, from Latin: fistula]
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fes•ter
(ˈfɛs tər)v.i.
1. to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate: a festering wound.
2. to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.
3. to putrefy or rot.
4. to rankle, as resentment or bitterness: The desire for revenge festered in her heart.
v.t. 5. to cause to rankle: envy festering the spirit.
n. 6. an ulcer; a rankling sore.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French festre < Latin fistula fistula]
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fester
Past participle: festered
Gerund: festering
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Noun | 1. | fester - a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus sore - an open skin infection |
Verb | 1. | fester - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" |
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fester
verb
2. putrefy, decay, become infected, become inflamed, suppurate, ulcerate, maturate, gather The wound is festering and gangrene has set in.
3. rot, break down, spoil, corrupt, crumble, deteriorate, decay, disintegrate, taint, perish, degenerate, decompose, corrode, moulder, go bad, putrefy The food will fester and go to waste.
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Translations
يتَقَيَّح،يتَعَفَّن
hnisat
blive betændtblive inficeret
gennyed
grafa í
pūliuoti
pūžņotstrutot
hnisať
iltihaplanmak
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fester
vi → eitern, schwären (old); (fig, insult, resentment etc) → nagen, fressen; festering sore (fig) → Eiterbeule f
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fester
(ˈfestə) verb (of an open injury eg a cut or sore) to become infected. The wound began to fester.
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fes·ter
v. enconarse; supurar superficialmente.
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