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Meaning of 'canker' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Canker [ n.]
- A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
- A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
- 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.
- A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
2 . Canker [ v. i.]
- To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
3 . Canker [ v. t.]
- To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Meaning of 'canker' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . canker [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
Example in sentence:
  • according to him, I was the canker in their midst;
  • racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation

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