"flagellate" meaning in English

See flagellate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more flagellate [comparative], most flagellate [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Latin flagellum (“whip”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|flagellum||whip}} Latin flagellum (“whip”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)
  1. Resembling a whip. Translations (resembling a whip): piiskamainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-adj-BZ9ms8sl Disambiguation of 'resembling a whip': 99 1
  2. (biology) Having flagella. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: having flagella): камшичест (kamšičest) (Bulgarian), flagel·lar (Catalan), siima- (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-adj-J4vT~oLK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 29 8 27 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: having flagella': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biflagellate, flagellation, triflagellate Related terms: flagellum

Noun

Forms: flagellates [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Latin flagellum (“whip”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|flagellum||whip}} Latin flagellum (“whip”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flagellate (plural flagellates)
  1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (organism with flagella): siimaeliö (Finnish), Geißeltierchen [neuter] (German), flagellato (Italian), trùng roi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-noun-id3EGkkD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 29 8 27 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Verb

Forms: flagellates [present, singular, third-person], flagellating [participle, present], flagellated [participle, past], flagellated [past]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Latin flagellum (“whip”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|flagellum||whip}} Latin flagellum (“whip”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)
  1. (transitive) To whip or scourge. Tags: transitive Translations (to whip or scourge): бичувам (bičuvam) (Bulgarian), flagel·lar (Catalan), skurĝi (Esperanto), piiskata (Finnish), flagelare (Italian), asut'iy (Quechua), поро́ть (porótʹ) (Russian), flagelar (Spanish), flagellera (Swedish), piska (Swedish), gissla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-verb-OWKUTg8h Disambiguation of 'to whip or scourge': 96 4
  2. (transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-verb-9dpIucQi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 29 8 27

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any organism that has flagella."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism"
        ],
        [
          "flagella",
          "flagella"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Any organism that has flagella."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlət"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organism with flagella",
      "word": "siimaeliö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organism with flagella",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geißeltierchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organism with flagella",
      "word": "flagellato"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organism with flagella",
      "word": "trùng roi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flagellate"
  ],
  "word": "flagellate"
}

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