"ovulate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɒvjʊlət/ [adjective] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ovulate.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: ovule + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ovule|ate}} ovule + -ate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ovulate (not comparable)
  1. (botany) Containing, or bearing, an ovule. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Derived forms: multiovulate
    Sense id: en-ovulate-en-adj-xTce78bT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 72 28 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɒvjʊlət/ [adjective] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ovulate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ovulates [present, singular, third-person], ovulating [participle, present], ovulated [participle, past], ovulated [past]
Etymology: ovule + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ovule|ate}} ovule + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} ovulate (third-person singular simple present ovulates, present participle ovulating, simple past and past participle ovulated)
  1. (intransitive) To produce eggs or ova. Tags: intransitive Categories (lifeform): Eggs Derived forms: ovulation, ovulatory Translations (produce eggs or ova): ovular (Catalan), 排卵 (páiluǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ovuloida (Finnish), ovuler (French), ovular (Galician), ubhsceith (Irish), ovulare (Italian), tukuhua (Maori), ha eggløsning (Norwegian), jajeczkować [imperfective] (Polish), mieć owulację [imperfective] (Polish), ovular (Portuguese), ovular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ovulate-en-verb-iV833TLh Disambiguation of Eggs: 42 58

Inflected forms

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