Dictionary Entry
suppurate
suppurate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
- 3verb
ripen and generate pus
"her wounds are festering"
- 4verb
cause to ripen and discharge pus
"The oil suppurates the pustules"
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