AUTOTOMIZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does autotomize mean?

• AUTOTOMIZE (verb)
The verb AUTOTOMIZE has 1 sense:

1. cause a body part to undergo autotomy

Familiarity information: AUTOTOMIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AUTOTOMIZE (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they autotomize

... he / she / it autotomizes

Past simple: autotomized

Past participle: autotomized

-ing form: autotomizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause a body part to undergo autotomy

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

autotomise; autotomize

Hypernyms (to "autotomize" is one way to...):

cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

autotomy (spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack)

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