Толковый словарь английского языка - canker
Canker
canker
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer crab, cancer Date: before 12th century 1. a. an erosive or spreading sore, an area of necrosis in a plant, any of various disorders of animals marked by chronic inflammatory changes, a caterpillar destructive to plants, rust 1, a source of corruption or debasement, dog rose , ~ous adjective II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb to infect with a spreading sore, to corrupt the spirit of, intransitive verb to become infested with ~, to become corrupted
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a destructive fungus disease of trees and plants. b an open wound in the stem of a tree or plant. 2 Zool. an ulcerous ear disease of animals esp. cats and dogs. 3 Med. an ulceration esp. of the lips. 4 a corrupting influence. --v.tr. 1 consume with canker. 2 corrupt. 3 (as cankered adj.) soured, malignant, crabbed. Phrases and idioms canker-worm any caterpillar of various wingless moths which consume the buds and leaves of shade and fruit trees in N. America. Derivatives cankerous adj. Etymology: OE cancer & ONF cancre, OF chancre f. L cancer crab ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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