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(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. / (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt. / (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

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canker

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Source Word

canker

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkæŋkɚ/

Verb

transitive intransitive

(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. / (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt. / (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）～を蝕む、腐食させる、消費する / （他動詞）～を汚染する、堕落させる / （自動詞）腐食する、錆びる、酸化する

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Neglected wounds and poor sanitation may canker the entire greenhouse crop within weeks.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

手入れ不足の傷や衛生管理の悪さは、数週間以内に温室内の作物全体に感染し、樹皮に深い壊死性の病斑を生じさせることがある。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Sense（3）

(intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

Sense（4）

(intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

as with age his body uglier grows,

So his mind cankers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

cankers

（ present singular third-person ）

cankering

（ participle present ）

cankered

（ participle past ）

cankered

（ past ）

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