"canker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæŋkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkæŋkə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cankers [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar. Ultimately from Latin cancer (“a cancer”). Doublet of cancer, a later borrowing from Latin, and chancre, which came through French. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=turn}}, {{inh|en|enm|canker}} Middle English canker, {{m|enm|cancre}} cancre, {{inh|en|ang|cancer}} Old English cancer, {{m|nl|kanker}} kanker, {{m|goh|chanchar}} chanchar, {{der|en|la|cancer||a cancer}} Latin cancer (“a cancer”), {{doublet|en|cancer}} Doublet of cancer, {{doublet|en|chancre|notext=1}} chancre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} canker (countable and uncountable, plural cankers)
  1. (phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Plant diseases Categories (lifeform): Roses Synonyms (bird disease): avian trichomoniasis, roup Synonyms (hawk disease): frounce Translations (plant disease marked by gradual decay): рак (rak) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-FwOHKMNM Disambiguation of Roses: 14 15 10 8 9 6 6 9 5 3 10 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 18 8 14 9 0 8 8 3 1 14 1 Topics: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'bird disease': 33 20 0 0 0 0 21 26 Disambiguation of 'hawk disease': 37 22 0 0 0 0 19 22 Disambiguation of 'plant disease marked by gradual decay': 84 5 2 1 1 0 3 3
  2. A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Geometrid moths, Roses
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-q6YpeltP Disambiguation of Geometrid moths: 13 16 11 9 10 2 8 10 5 3 10 3 Disambiguation of Roses: 14 15 10 8 9 6 6 9 5 3 10 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 18 8 14 9 0 8 8 3 1 14 1
  3. A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Roses
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-M6hwQCNO Disambiguation of Roses: 14 15 10 8 9 6 6 9 5 3 10 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15
  4. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (ulcer, especially of the mouth): water canker, canker of the mouth, noma Translations (corroding or sloughing ulcer): φαγέδαινα (phagédaina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Schwäa [neuter] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-aT12iFDJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 18 8 14 9 0 8 8 3 1 14 1 Disambiguation of 'ulcer, especially of the mouth': 11 9 1 70 0 3 3 3 Disambiguation of 'corroding or sloughing ulcer': 5 4 1 84 2 1 2 1
  5. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-jNqf5OHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15
  6. A kind of wild rose; the dog rose. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-JcDT2LJR
  7. An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun--tie76VK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15
  8. An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (avian disease caused by T. gallinae): geel [neuter] (Dutch), steen [neuter] (Dutch), gelber Knopf (German), żółty guzek (Polish)
    Sense id: en-canker-en-noun-Mq9mN~pW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 15 17 1 12 15 Disambiguation of 'avian disease caused by T. gallinae': 16 20 4 3 5 1 10 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black canker, canker fly, canker rash, canker sore Related terms: chancre
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæŋkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkæŋkə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cankers [present, singular, third-person], cankering [participle, present], cankered [participle, past], cankered [past]
Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English cankren, from the noun (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cankren}} Middle English cankren Head templates: {{en-verb}} canker (third-person singular simple present cankers, present participle cankering, simple past and past participle cankered)
  1. (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-canker-en-verb-~9vTwsY7
  2. (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-canker-en-verb-3c2ZyV~J
  3. (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-canker-en-verb-DPUdfZQp Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 18 8 14 9 0 8 8 3 1 14 1
  4. (intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-canker-en-verb-K6tS2R84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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