wart (Meaning)

Wordnet

wart (n)

any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)

(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Webster

wart (n.)

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.

wart Sentence Examples

  1. The stubborn wart on my thumb resisted all attempts at removal.
  2. The witch's curse bestowed a hideous wart upon her victim's nose.
  3. The plantar wart on my heel made each step an agony.
  4. The wart hog's formidable tusks were a defense against predators.
  5. The surgeon carefully excised the cancerous wart from the patient's skin.
  6. The wart on my finger was a constant source of embarrassment.
  7. The old wives' tale claimed that touching a toad would remove a wart.
  8. The wart-like excrescences on the side of the tree were a sign of disease.
  9. The wart on the back of my hand kept getting caught on clothing.
  10. The wart remover promised to dissolve the wart within a week.

FAQs About the word wart

any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals), an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness

swelling, nodule, growth,tumor, bruise, lump, contusion,node, boil, knot

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The stubborn wart on my thumb resisted all attempts at removal.

The witch's curse bestowed a hideous wart upon her victim's nose.

The plantar wart on my heel made each step an agony.

The wart hog's formidable tusks were a defense against predators.