CANKER

Meaning of CANKER in English

[noun] [C] [specialized or formal] - a disease which attacks the wood of trees, or the mouths and ears of animals and people(specialized or formal) A canker is also something evil that spreads through a person's mind, an organization or a society.Poverty is a canker eating away at the heart of society.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

CANKER — I. ˈkaŋkə(r), -ˈai- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English canker, cancre, from Old North French cancre & Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANKER — (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; …
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — ( v. t. ) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( v. i. ) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( n. ) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — /kang"keuhr/ , n. 1. a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, esp. in the mouth. 2. a disease affecting horses' feet, usually …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — I. ˈkaŋ-kər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer crab, cancer Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANKER — noun a kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. 2. canker ·noun anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. 3. canker …
Webster English vocab
CANKER — [can.ker] n [ME, fr. ONF cancre, fr. L cancer crab, cancer] (13c) 1 a (1): an erosive or spreading sore …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANKER — can ‧ ker /ˈkæŋkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old North French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANKER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a destructive fungus disease of trees and plants. b an open wound in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CANKER — n. & v. n. 1 a a destructive fungus disease of trees and plants. b an open wound in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CANKER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a destructive fungus disease of trees and plants. b an open wound in the …
Oxford English vocab
CANKER — ( cankers) 1. A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people. ( FORMAL ) ...the canker …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANKER — (~s) 1. A ~ is something evil that spreads and affects things or people. (FORMAL) ...the ~ of jealousy. N-COUNT …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CANKER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Coming from her tight mouth, the county trilling on local lawlessness and moral decline made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANKER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANKER — noun Canker is used before these nouns: ↑ sore
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CANKER — n. 25B6; noun this plant is susceptible to canker : FUNGAL DISEASE, plant rot; blight. ear cankers : ULCER, ulceration, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANKER — 1. сущ. 1) язва; червоточина Syn : worm-hole, rottenness 2) мед. гангренозный стоматит 3) ветер. болезнь стрелки (у лошадей) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANKER — canker.ogg 1. ʹkæŋkə n 1. мед. 1> язва 2> молочница 3> стоматит canker of the mouth - гангренозный стоматит; водяной …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANKER — 1. ʹkæŋkə n 1. мед. 1> язва 2> молочница 3> стоматит canker of the mouth - гангренозный стоматит; водяной рак, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CANKER — 1. сущ. 1) язва; червоточина Syn: worm-hole , rottenness 2) мед. гангренозный стоматит 3) вет. болезнь стрелки ( у лошадей …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CANKER — 1. сущ. 1) язва; червоточина Syn: worm-hole, rottenness 2) мед. гангренозный стоматит 3) вет. болезнь стрелки (у лошадей) 4) - canker-worm 2. гл. 1) страдать от язвы, быть …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CANKER — 1) язва; изъязвлять, разъедать 2) рак растений; некроз плодовых деревьев 3) червоточина 4) заражать 5) губить; разлагать; пожирать • - European canker - fruit trees canker - oak …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CANKER — 1) язва; изъязвлять, разъедать 2) рак растений; некроз плодовых деревьев 3) червоточина 4) заражать 5) губить; разлагать; пожирать • - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CANKER — 1. _n. 1> язва; червоточина 2> _мед. гангренозный стоматит 3> _вет. болезнь стрелки (у лошадей) 4> = canker-worm 2. _v. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CANKER — 1. сущ. 1) язва; червоточина Syn : worm-hole, rottenness 2) мед. гангренозный стоматит 3) ветер. болезнь стрелки (у лошадей) 4) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANKER — cáncere, coruption
English interlingue dictionary
CANKER — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer crab, cancer Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANKER — (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the …
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
Английский словарь Webster
CANKER — ( v. t. ) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( v. i. ) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( n. ) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( n. ) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( n. ) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — ( n. ) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKER — v. destroy, cause decay; injure
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CANKER — n. sore; plant disease; rot, decay
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CANKER — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: can · kered ; can · ker · ing \ ' ka ŋ -k( ə …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CANKER — n. Pronunciation: ' ka ŋ -k ə r Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CANKER — ■ noun 1》 a destructive fungal disease of trees that results in damage to the bark. ↘an open lesion in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CANKER — disease of plants that is caused by numerous species of fungi and bacteria. Symptoms include round-to-irregular, sunken, swollen, flattened, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANKER — cank|er BrE AmE ˈkæŋk |ə AmE -| ə r ▷ cank|ered əd AmE ə rd ▷ cank|ering ə r ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CANKER — / ˈkæŋkə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] a disease that destroys the wood of plants and trees 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANKER — n. Function: verb Synonyms: DEBASE 1, animalize, bestialize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CANKER — I . n. 1. Mordent ulcer, gangrene, rot. 2. Corrosion, erosion, blight. 3. Corruption, infection, blight, bane, bale, irritation. II …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CANKER — verb Synonyms: debase 1, animalize, bestialize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANKER — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CANKER — Рак
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CANKER — Карцинома
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CANKER — разъедать заражать; губить язва; червоточина med. гангренозный стоматит vet. болезнь стрелки (у лошадей) cankered - изъеденный, изъязвленный; 2) поврежденный плодовым …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CANKER — (v) губить; заражать; разъедать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CANKER — (n) гангренозный стоматит; червоточина; язва
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CANKER — 1. [ʹkæŋkə] n 1. мед. 1) язва 2) молочница 3) стоматит ~ of the mouth - гангренозный стоматит; водяной рак, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CANKER — v. разъедать, изъязвлять, губить, заражать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CANKER — n. язва, язвенная болезнь уха, язвенное поражение; разлагающее влияние; рак растений, некроз плодовых деревьев, плодовый червь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Cambridge English vocab

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