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wart
(wôrt)n.
Idiom: 1.
a. A hard rough lump growing on the skin, caused by infection with certain viruses and occurring typically on the hands or feet.
b. A similar growth or protuberance, as on a plant.
2. A genital wart.
3.
a. One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness.
b. An imperfection; a flaw.
warts and all Slang
All defects and imperfections notwithstanding: They love each other, warts and all.
[Middle English, from Old English wearte.]
wart′ed, wart′y adj.
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wart
(wɔːt)n
1. (Pathology) pathol Also called: verruca any firm abnormal elevation of the skin caused by a virus
2. (Botany) botany a small rounded outgrowth
3. warts and all (warts-and-all when prenominal) with all blemishes evident; including the bad features or aspects
[Old English weart(e); related to Old High German warza, Old Norse varta]
ˈwarted adj
ˈwartˌlike adj
ˈwarty adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
wart
(wɔrt)n.
1. a small, often hard growth in the skin, usu. caused by a papillomavirus.
2. any small protuberance, as on the surface of certain plants, the skin of certain animals, etc.
3. any unattractive detrimental feature or aspect: a profile of the man, warts and all.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English wearte]
wart•y, adj.
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wart
(wôrt)1. A small growth on the skin caused by a virus, occurring typically on the hands or feet.
2. A similar growth, as on a plant.
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| Noun | 1. | wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
| 2. | wart - an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) imperfection, imperfectness - the state or an instance of being imperfect | |
| 3. | wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" common wart - a benign growth (often with a rough surface) condyloma acuminatum, genital wart, venereal wart, verruca acuminata - a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus juvenile wart - a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children plantar wart - a wart occurring on the sole of the foot; "pressure causes plantar warts to develop a painful callus around the soft center" pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases keratosis - a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin |
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wart
noun growth, lump, tumour, carbuncle, protuberance, verruca, excrescence the virus which produces warts on the skin
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Translations
ثُؤْلولثُؤْلُول
брадавица
bradavice
vorte
soolatüügas
syylä
bradavica
szemölcs
varta
いぼ
사마귀
verruca
karpa
kārpa
bradavica
bradavica
bradavicapupčica
vårta
mụn cóc
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wart
[ˈwɔːrt] n (on skin) → verrue fto love sb warts and all → aimer qn avec tous ses petits défauts
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wart
(woːt) noun a small hard growth on the skin. He has warts on his fingers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
wart
→ ثُؤْلُول bradavice vorte Warze κρεατοελιά verruga syylä verrue bradavica verruca いぼ 사마귀 wrat vorte brodawka verruga бородавка vårta ก้อนเล็กๆ ที่ขึ้นบนผิวหนัง เช่น ไฝหรือหูด siğil mụn cóc 疣Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
wart
n. verruga. V.: verruca
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
wart
n verruga; genital — verruga genital; plantar — verruga plantarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.