English > fester: 2 senses > verb 1, body| Meaning | ripen and generate pus. |
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| Pattern | Somebody's (body part) ----s |
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| Example | "her wounds are festering" |
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| Synonyms | maturate, suppurate |
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| Broader | exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release | Eliminate (a substance) |
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| Similar to | suppurate, mature | Cause to ripen and discharge pus |
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| Spanish | enconarse, infectar, supurar, ulcerarse |
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| Catalan | supurar |
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| Nouns | fester | a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus |
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| festering | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |
