Found 4 items, similar to fester.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: fester bernanah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fester berborok, membarah, memborok
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fester fester n : a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus [syn: suppurating sore ] v : ripen and generate pus; “her wounds are festering” [syn: maturate, suppurate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fester Fester \Fes"ter\, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. [1913 Webster] 2. A festering or rankling. [1913 Webster] The fester of the chain their necks. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Fester \Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] [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. [1913 Webster] Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. --South. [1913 Webster] Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. [1913 Webster] Fester \Fes`ter\, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [1913 Webster] For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. --Marston. [1913 Webster]