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1. (v.i.) fester
to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate:
a festering wound.
2. fester
to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.
3. fester
to putrefy or rot.
4. fester
to rankle, as resentment or bitterness:
The desire for revenge festered in her heart.
5. (v.t.) fester
to cause to rankle:
envy festering the spirit.
6. (n.) fester
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < AF, OF festre < L fistulafistula)
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| Definition of 'fester' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) fester, suppurating sore
a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
2. (verb) fester, maturate, suppurate
ripen and generate pus
"her wounds are festering"
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| Definition of 'fester' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fester
to generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers
2. (noun) fester
to be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle
3. (noun) fester
a small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule
4. (noun) fester
a festering or rankling
5. (verb) fester
to cause to fester or rankle
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Sense: (of an open injury eg a cut or sore) to become infected
The wound began to fester.
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 Afrikaans: sweer |
 Arabic: يتَقَيَّح،يتَعَفَّن |
 Bulgarian: загноявам |
 Brazilian: infeccionar |
 Czech: hnisat |
 German: eitern |
 Danish: blive betændt; blive infi |
 Greek: μολύνομαι |
 Spanish: inflamarse, supurar, enco |
 Estonian: mädaseks minema |
 Farsi: چرک کردن |
 Finnish: märkiä |
 French: (s')envenimer |
 Hebrew: לְהִזדַהֵם בְּמוּגלָה |
 Hindi: सड़ना घाव, कड़वाहट होना |
 Croatian: zagnojiti se (rana) |
 Hungarian: gennyed |
 Indonesian: terinfeksi |
 Icelandic: grafaí |
 Italian: suppurare |
 Japanese: うむ |
 Korean: 곪다 |
 Lithuanian: pūliuoti |
 Latvian: strutot; pūžņot |
 Malay: bernanah |
 Dutch: zweren |
 Norwegian: bli betent; skille ut mat |
 Polish: ropieć |
 Persian: چرک کردن |
 Pashto: چټلول |
 Portuguese: inflamar |
 Romanian: a se infecta |
 Russian: гноиться |
 Slovak: hnisať |
 Slovenian: gnojiti se |
 Serbian: inficirati |
 Swedish: vara [sig] |
 Thai: เป็นหนอง |
 Turkish: iltihaplanmak |
 Taiwanese: (傷口)化膿，潰爛 |
 Ukrainian: гноїтися, гнити |
 Urdu: زخم می ناسور پڑنا یا ڈالن |
 Vietnamese: mưng mủ |
 Chinese: 化脓，溃烂 |
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