fester

fester
[[t]fe̱stə(r)[/t]]
festers, festering, festered
1) VERB (disapproval) 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.

Resentments are starting to fester.

[V-ing] ...festering wounds of the legacy of British imperialism.

2) VERB If a wound festers, it becomes infected, making it worse.

The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in.

[V-ing] ...with many of the children being afflicted by festering sores.

3) VERB If you say that food is festering, you mean that it is decaying in a very unpleasant way. [BRIT]

The chops will fester and go to waste.

...stale sauces festering in fridges.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fester — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gustav Fester, deutscher Chemiker Richard Fester (Historiker) (1860–1945), deutscher Historiker und Hochschullehrer Richard Fester (Linguist) (1910–1982), deutscher Paläolinguist Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fester — Fester, Richard, Geschichtschreiber, geb. 20. Sept. 1860 in Frankfurt a. M., habilitierte sich 1893 in München, wurde 1896 außerordentlicher, 1899 ordentlicher Professor in Erlangen. Er veröffentlichte: »Die armierten Stände und die… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • fester — index annoy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Fester — m Low German: variant of VESTER (SEE Vester) …   First names dictionary

  • fester — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. festre small sore discharging pus, from L. fistula pipe, ulcer (see FISTULA (Cf. fistula)). The noun is from c.1300. Related: Festered; festering …   Etymology dictionary

  • fester — [v] intensify; become inflamed aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate; concepts 469,698 Ant. dissipate, get better, heal, lessen …   New thesaurus

  • fester — Fester, Feriari, Festos dies agitare, celebrare, aut concelebrare, Diem festum agere …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • fester — Fester. v. act. Chommer, celebrer une feste. On feste aujourd huy un tel Saint. On dit prov. & fig. d Une personne qui n a ny credit ny authorité, C est un saint qu on ne feste point …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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