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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæŋkɚ/

Definition 1:
• A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
Labels: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
Example: the canker of destitution and violence.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 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.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A crab.
Labels: Cornwall, countable, rare, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkæŋkɚ/

Definition 1:
• To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 4:
• To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Labels: intransitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canker