fester

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.

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[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

Imperative

fester

fester

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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.

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Translations

يتَقَيَّح،يتَعَفَّن

hnisat

blive betændtblive inficeret

eitern

envenimer

gennyed

grafa í

suppurare

pūliuoti

pūžņotstrutot

bli betentskille ut materie

hnisať

iltihaplanmak

化脓溃烂

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

(ˈfestə) verb

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

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fes·ter

v. enconarse; supurar superficialmente.

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