suppurate
verb /ˈsʌpjureɪt/
/ˈsʌpjureɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they suppurate | /ˈsʌpjureɪt/ /ˈsʌpjureɪt/ |
| he / she / it suppurates | /ˈsʌpjureɪts/ /ˈsʌpjureɪts/ |
| past simple suppurated | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ |
| past participle suppurated | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form suppurating | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a cut, wound, etc.) to produce a thick yellow liquid (called pus) because of infection
- His skin was covered in suppurating sores.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to form pus’): based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + pus, pur- ‘pus’.