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DISARTICULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disarticulate mean?
• DISARTICULATE (verb)
The verb DISARTICULATE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DISARTICULATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they disarticulate
... he / she / it disarticulates
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Past simple: disarticulated
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Past participle: disarticulated
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-ing form: disarticulating
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Past simple: disarticulated
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Past participle: disarticulated
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-ing form: disarticulating
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Separate at the joints
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disarticulate; disjoint
Context example:
disjoint the chicken before cooking it
Hypernyms (to "disarticulate" is one way to...):
disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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