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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

Verb

1. to grow worse and increasingly hostile: the bitterness which had been festering beneath the surface

2. (of a wound) to form pus

3. to rot and decay: rubbish festered in the heat [Old French festre suppurating sore]

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

verb 2. putrefy, decay, become infected, become inflamed, suppurate, ulcerate, maturate, gather

Translations

fester [ˈfɛstəʳ] vi → supurar

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fester [ˈfɛstəʳ] vi → suppurer

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fester [ˈfɛstəʳ] vi (wound) → eitern;

(insult) → nagen;

(row) → sich verschlimmern

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fester [ˈfɛstəʳ] vi → suppurare

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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; 곪게 하다 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