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ETIOLATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
Example:
etiolated celery
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they etiolate ... he / she / it etiolates
Past simple: etiolated
Past participle: etiolated
-ing form: etiolating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make pale or sickly
Example:
alcohol etiolates your skin
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "etiolate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
etiolation (a pale and sickly appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "etiolate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
etiolation ((botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make weak by stunting the growth or development of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "etiolate" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
etiolation (the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something)
