"putrefy" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/ Audio: En-us-putrefy.ogg [US] Forms: putrefies [present, singular, third-person], putrefying [participle, present], putrefied [participle, past], putrefied [past]
Etymology: From Middle French putréfier. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*puH-}}, {{der|en|frm|putréfier}} Middle French putréfier Head templates: {{en-verb}} putrefy (third-person singular simple present putrefies, present participle putrefying, simple past and past participle putrefied)
  1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance. Translations (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance): гния (gnija) (Bulgarian), whakaero (Maori)
    Sense id: en-putrefy-en-verb-fjlI~rWl Disambiguation of 'become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance': 85 1 12 1 1
  2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. Translations (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition): разлагам се (razlagam se) (Bulgarian), hoʻohāpopopo (Hawaiian), morg (Irish), whakaero (Maori), māhī (Maori), māī (Maori), whakapirau (Maori)
    Sense id: en-putrefy-en-verb-xlOehUAF Disambiguation of 'to reach an advanced stage of decomposition': 2 94 1 2 1
  3. To become gangrenous. Translations (to become gangrenous): гангренясвам (gangrenjasvam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-putrefy-en-verb-82Us6omq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 5 42 32 4 Disambiguation of 'to become gangrenous': 15 1 74 9 1
  4. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
    Sense id: en-putrefy-en-verb-IbiN2fFZ
  5. To corrupt; to make foul.
    Sense id: en-putrefy-en-verb-Y2VTULPM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decay, fester, rot, putrify

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