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wart

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wart  (wôrt)
n.
1.
a. A hard rough lump growing on the skin, caused by infection with certain viruses and occurring typically on the hands or feet.
b. A similar growth or protuberance, as on a plant.
2. A genital wart.
3.
a. One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness.
b. An imperfection; a flaw.
Idiom:
warts and all Slang
All defects and imperfections notwithstanding: They love each other, warts and all.

[Middle English, from Old English wearte.]

warted, warty adj.

wart [wɔːt]
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) Also called verruca Pathol any firm abnormal elevation of the skin caused by a virus
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a small rounded outgrowth
warts and all with all blemishes evident
[Old English weart(e); related to Old High German warza, Old Norse varta]
warted  adj
wartlike  adj
warty  adj

wart  (wôrt)
1. A small growth on the skin caused by a virus, occurring typically on the hands or feet.
2. A similar growth on a plant, especially one caused by a fungal disease.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
2.wart - an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
imperfection, imperfectness - the state or an instance of being imperfect
3.wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
common wart - a benign growth (often with a rough surface)
condyloma acuminatum, genital wart, venereal wart, verruca acuminata - a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus
juvenile wart - a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children
plantar wart - a wart occurring on the sole of the foot; "pressure causes plantar warts to develop a painful callus around the soft center"
pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
keratosis - a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin

wart
noun growth, lump, tumour, carbuncle, protuberance, verruca, excrescence the virus which produces warts on the skin
Translations
wart [wɔːt] N (Med) → verruga f
warts and allcon todas sus imperfecciones

wart [ˈwɔːrt] n (on skin)verrue f
to love sb warts and all → aimer qn avec tous ses petits défauts

wart
nWarze f; warts and all (hum inf)mit allen seinen/ihren etc Fehlern

wart [wɔːt] n (Med) → porro, verruca
wart [wɔːt] n (Med) → porro, verruca

wart
n wart [woːt]
a small hard growth on the skin He has warts on his fingers. vrat ثُؤْلول брадавица bradavice vorte die Warze ρόζος, εξόγκωμα verruga soolatüügas زگيل syylä verrue יַבֶּלֶת मस्सा bradavica szemölcs kutil varta verruca いぼ 혹, 사마귀 karpa kārpa ketuat, kutil wrat vorte brodawka verruga neg бородавка bradavica bradavica uzraslina vårta ไฝ; หูด siğil 肉疣 бородавка جلد پر بن جانے والا مسا hột cơm

wart نتوء صغير bradavice vorte Warze κρεατοελιά verruga syylä verrue bradavica verruca いぼ 사마귀 wrat vorte brodawka verruga бородавка vårta ก้อนเล็กๆที่ขึ้นบนผิวหนัง เช่น ไฝหรือหูด siğil mụn cóc


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A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said:
No, sir, you can bet he didn't, becuz he's the wartiest boy in this town; and he wouldn't have a wart on him if he'd knowed how to work spunk- water.
After dinner Benjy called attention to a wart which Tom had on the knuckles of his hand, and which the family doctor had been trying his skill on without success, and begged the farmer to charm it away.
 
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