fester

fes·ter  (fstr)

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.

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[Middle English festren, from festre, fistula, from Old French, from Latin 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

[from Old French festre suppurating sore, from Latin: fistula]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fester - a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus suppurating sore sore - an open skin infection
Verb	1.	fester - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" suppurate, maturate suppurate, mature - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

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fester

verb

1. intensify, gall, smoulder, chafe, irk, rankle, aggravate Resentments are starting to fester.

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.

Translations

fester [ˈfestəʳ] VI (Med) [wound, sore] → enconarse (fig) [anger, resentment] → enconarse

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fester [ˈfɛstə^r] vi

[wound] → suppurer

[ill-feeling, hostility] → couver

[problem] → s'étendre

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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 [ˈfɛstəʳ] vi (Med) → suppurare; (anger, resentment) → covare

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fester

v fester [ˈfestə]

(of an open injury eg a cut or sore) to become infected The wound began to fester. sweer يتَقَيَّح،يتَعَفَّن загноявам hnisat blive betændt; blive inficeret eitern μολύνομαι inflamarse, supurar, enconarse mädaseks minema چرک کردن märkiä (s')envenimer לְהִזדַהֵם בְּמוּגלָה सड़ना घाव, कड़वाहट होना zagnojiti se (rana) gennyed terinfeksi grafa í suppurare うむ 곪다 pūliuoti strutot; pūžņot bernanah zweren bli betent; skille ut materie ropieć inflamar a se infecta гноиться hnisať gnojiti se inficirati vara [] เป็นหนอง iltihaplanmak 化膿，潰爛 гноїтися, гнити زخم می ناسور پڑنا یا ڈالنا mưng mủ 化脓，溃烂