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PUPATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pupate mean?
• PUPATE (verb)
The verb PUPATE has 1 sense:
1. develop into a pupa
Familiarity information: PUPATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they pupate ... he / she / it pupates
Past simple: pupated
Past participle: pupated
-ing form: pupating
... he / she / it pupates Past simple: pupated
Past participle: pupated
-ing form: pupating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Develop into a pupa
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
the insect larva pupate
Hypernyms (to "pupate" is one way to...):
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
pupa (an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult)
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