| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Fester.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fester.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fester) | 1. Ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering".[Wordnet]. 2. To cause to fester or rankle.[Websters]. 3. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.[Websters]. 4. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: festering, festered, festers, festerer, festerers, festeringly and festeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FESTERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fester
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] 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.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Fester is geographically located in South Africa. Its features include a farmstead (the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm). Its geographic coordinates are 28.05 degrees South latitude and 22.883333 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To become septic; to become rotten; to worsen, especially due to lack of attention. Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: fester
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Uncle Fester | Uncle Fester is a character in The Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan in the TV show (famous as Charlie Chaplin's sidekick in The Kid, 1921), and Christopher Lloyd in the movies. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: fester | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Uncle Fester | 26 | Fester Bestertester | 4 | |
| Uncle Fester (author) | 11 | Uncle Fester | 26 | |
| Fester Bestertester | 4 | Uncle Fester (author) | 11 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
