Meaning Of The Word Fester

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fester
verb: If a wound festers, it becomes infected, making it worse.
verb: If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with.
verb: If you say that food is festering, you mean that it is decaying in a very unpleasant way.

fester in American English
a small sore filled with pus; pustule
to cause the formation of pus in
to form pus; ulcerate
intransitive verb: to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate
noun: an ulcer; a rankling sore
transitive verb: to cause to rankle

fester in British English
noun: a small ulcer or sore containing pus
verb: to form or cause to form pus

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