| VERB | body | fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus |
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| NOUN | state | fester, suppurating sore | a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus |
| Sounds | feh'ster | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus. | |
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| Synonym | suppurating sore | |
| Broader | sore | An open skin infection |
| Verbs | fester | ripen and generate pus |
| Meaning | ripen and generate pus. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Example | "her wounds are festering" | |
| Synonyms | maturate, suppurate | |
| Broader | exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release | Eliminate (a substance) |
| Similar to | suppurate, mature | Cause to ripen and discharge pus |
| Spanish | enconarse, infectar, supurar, ulcerarse | |
| Catalan | supurar | |
| Nouns | fester | a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus |
| festering | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | |
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