Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To emit pus.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. A wise man can derive gold even from pus.

    Мудрець мусить і з гною вибирати золото. — ascolto

    ruМудрец должен и из гноя выбирать золото. — ascolto

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  2. There's a lot of swelling and pus.

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  3. The infected wound filled up with pus.

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  4. I have pus coming out of my gums.

    ruУ меня десна гноится. — sharptoothed

    deMein Zahnfleisch eitert. — Yorwba

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  5. A pus-filled bump came out on me.

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Origin

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced qu

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

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Forms

pusses, pussing, pussed, pussed
Base formpus · to pus
3rd person singularpusses
Present participlepussing
Past simplepussed
Past participlepussed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypus
he, she, itpusses

Past simpleLesson

all personspussed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pussed
he, she, ithas pussed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pus

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pursueA2pursuerpursuitB2purviewpushA1pusherpushover
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