Fester vs. Rot

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Festernoun

A fistula.

Festernoun

(pathology) A sore or an ulcer of the skin.

Festernoun

The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.

Festerverb

(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.

Festerverb

(intransitive) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.

Festerverb

(transitive) To cause to fester or rankle.

Festerverb

To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

Festerverb

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

Festerverb

To cause to fester or rankle.

Festernoun

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

Festernoun

A festering or rankling.

Festernoun

a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

Festerverb

ripen and generate pus;

Rotverb

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

Rotverb

(intransitive) To decline in function or utility.

Rotverb

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.

Rotverb

(transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

Rotverb

To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).

Rotverb

(transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Rotnoun

The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

Rotnoun

Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

Rotnoun

Verbal nonsense.

Rotverb

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

Rotverb

Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

Rotverb

To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

Rotverb

To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Rotnoun

Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Rotnoun

A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

Rotnoun

A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Rotnoun

decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Rotnoun

(biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action

Rotnoun

unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Rotverb

break down;

Rotverb

waste away;

Rotverb

(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose

Rotverb

gradually deteriorate, especially through neglect

Rotverb

make fun of; tease

Rotnoun

the process of decaying

Rotnoun

rotten or decayed matter.

Rotnoun

any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases that cause tissue deterioration, especially in plants.

Rotnoun

liver rot in sheep.

Rotnoun

a process of deterioration; a decline in standards

Rotnoun

corruption on the part of officials.

Rotnoun

nonsense; rubbish

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