English-Thai Dictionary

fester

N แผล เป็นหนอง  แผล เปื่อย  paen-pen-nong

 

fester

VI เป็นหนอง  ติดเชื้อ อย่างหนัก  ooze putresce pen-nong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FESTER

v.i.[L. pestis, pus, or pustula.] To rankle; to corrupt; to grow virulent.
We say of a sore or wound, it festers.
Passion and unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart; but it is treachery that makes it fester.

 

FESTERING

ppr. Rankling; growing virulent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FESTER

Fes "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering. ]Etym: [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n.]

 

1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. Hatred. .. festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.

 

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

 

FESTER

FESTER Fes `ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And fstered ranking malice in my breast. Marston.

 

FESTER

Fes "ter, n. Etym: [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula. ]

 

1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharge corrupt matter; a pustule.

 

2. A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor.

 

FESTERMENT

FESTERMENT Fes "ter *ment, n.

 

Defn: A festering. [R.] Chalmers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fester

fes ter |ˈfestər ˈfɛstər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a wound or sore ) become septic; suppurate: I developed a tropical sore that festered badly | (as adj. festering ) : a festering abscess. • (of food or garbage ) become rotten and offensive to the senses: a gully full of garbage that festered in the shade. • (of a negative feeling or a problem ) become worse or more intense, esp. through long-term neglect or indifference: anger which festers and grows in his heart. • (of a person ) undergo physical and mental deterioration in isolated inactivity: I might be festering in jail now. ORIGIN late Middle English: from the rare word fester ‘fistula, ’ later ‘festering sore, ’ or Old French festrir (verb ), both from Old French festre (noun ), from Latin fistula ‘pipe, reed, fistula. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fester

fes ¦ter |ˈfɛstə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a wound or sore ) become septic; suppurate: (as adj. festering ) : a festering abscess. • (of food or rubbish ) become rotten and offensive to the senses: piles of mouldy grey paper festered by the sink. • (of a negative feeling or a problem ) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference: below the surface, the old antagonisms festered. • (of a person ) deteriorate physically and mentally in isolated inactivity: remand prisoners are left to fester in our jails while they wait for trial. ORIGIN late Middle English: from the rare word fester ‘fistula ’, later ‘festering sore ’, or Old French festrir (verb ), both from Old French festre (noun ), from Latin fistula ‘pipe, reed, fistula ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fester

fester verb 1 his deep wound festered: suppurate, become septic, become infected, form pus, weep; Medicine be purulent; archaic rankle. 2 the garbage festered: rot, molder, decay, decompose, putrefy, go bad, spoil, deteriorate. 3 their resentment festered: rankle, eat away, gnaw away, brew, smolder.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fester

fester verb 1 the deep wound in his neck festered: suppurate, become septic, form pus, secrete pus, discharge, run, weep, ooze; come to a head; technical maturate, be purulent; rare rankle, apostemate. 2 rubbish festered in the crowded streets: rot, moulder, decay, decompose, putrefy, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, disintegrate, degrade, break down, break up; technical mortify, necrotize; archaic corrupt. 3 we must not allow our resentment to fester: rankle, chafe, gnaw (at one's mind ), eat away at one's mind, ferment, brew, smoulder; cause bitterness, cause resentment, cause vexation, cause annoyance.

 

Spanish Dictionary

festero, -ra

festero, -ra adjetivo 1 Esp De la fiesta o relacionado con ella :cante festero; pusieron la nota lírica y festera .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Esp [persona ] Que es muy aficionado a las fiestas .SINÓNIMO fiestero .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fester

fes ter /féstə r /動詞 自動詞 1 〈不快な感情 問題などが 〉深まる, 悪化する ; わだかまる .2 〈傷が 〉うむ, 化膿 （かのう ）する .3 〈食物 ゴミなどが 〉腐敗する, 腐る .