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

1. intransitive verb. To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
2. transitive verb. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
3. verb. ripen and generate pus

   "her wounds are festering"

   Synonyms: fester, maturate

4. verb. cause to ripen and discharge pus

   "The oil suppurates the pustules"

   Synonyms: mature

Synonyms

fester, maturate, mature

Common word forms

suppurated, suppurates, suppurating

Words from these letters

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