verb🔗ShareTo become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance."The abandoned apple core in the trash bin putrefied in the summer heat, becoming a slimy, foul-smelling mess. "organismbodymedicinediseasebiologysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reach an advanced stage of decomposition."The fruit left in the hot sun putrefied quickly. "biologychemistrymedicinebodyenvironmentnatureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become gangrenous."The discarded apple core quickly putrefied in the warm, humid classroom. "medicinediseasebodybiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make morbid, carious, or gangrenous."to putrefy an ulcer or wound"medicinebiologydiseaseorganismbodyanatomyconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo corrupt; to make foul."The forgotten leftovers in the refrigerator putrefied, filling the kitchen with a terrible smell. "biologychemistryenvironmentnatureorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading