fester

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

festers

1.
(obsolete)(pathology, obsolete) A fistula.
2.
(pathology) A sore or an ulcer of the skin.
3.
The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

festers

V_ing/Gerund

festering

V_ed/pp

festered

1.
(intransitive)To become septic; to become rotten.
Đồng nghĩa: putrefy, rot, decay, decompose
2.
(intransitive)To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester.
3.
(transitive)To cause to fester or rankle.
For which I burnt in inward sweltring hate, / And festred rankling malice in my breast, / Till I might belke revenge upon his eyes: […]

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Đồng nghĩa

putrefy rot decay decompose

Cùng gốc / liên quan

festerousfesteringlyfestermentfesteryunfestered

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Middle English festre, festur, borrowed from Old French festre (cognate with fistola, fistola, fístula), from Latin fistula. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. fistula.