mätä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- addle adj Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- carrion noun The decaying flesh of a dead animal.
- fishy adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
- pus noun A thick yellowish-white fluid made up of dead white blood cells and bacteria that forms at the site of an infection.
- putrefaction noun The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- putrid adj Rotting and giving off a foul smell.
- rotten adj Decayed and spoiled, especially of food.
Senses
mätä is used for these senses in English:
- addle Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- carrion (figurative) Corrupt or horrid matter.
- fishy (figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
- pus (medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
- putrefaction Rotten material.
- putrid Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- rotten In a state of decay.
- rotten Bad or terrible.
addle — full definition
- adj Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- adj Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
carrion — full definition
- noun The decaying flesh of a dead animal.
- adj Relating to or consisting of dead, rotting flesh.