flagellate

flag·el·late

F0158900 (flăj′ə-lāt′)tr.v. flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing, flag·el·lates 1. To whip or flog; scourge.2. To reproach or punish severely: flagellated himself for being so insensitive.adj. (also flə-jĕl′ĭt)1. or flag·el·la·ted (flăj′ə-lā′tĭd) Having a flagellum or flagella.2. Resembling or having the form of a flagellum; whiplike.3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.n. (also flə-jĕl′ĭt) An organism, such as a euglena, that has one or more flagella.

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[Latin flagellāre, flagellāt-, to whip, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum, whip.]

flagellate

vb (tr) to whip; scourge; flog adj 1. (Biology) possessing one or more flagella 2. (Biology) resembling a flagellum; whiplike n (Biology) a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina ˌflagelˈlation n

flag•el•late

(v. ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt; adj., n. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt)
v.t. 1. to whip; scourge. 2. to punish or berate as if with a whip. adj. 3. Also, flag′el•lat`ed.Biol. having flagella. 4. Bot. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry. 5. pertaining to or caused by flagellates. n. 6. any protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora, having one or more flagella. [1615–25; < Latin flagellātus, past participle of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate<sup>1</sup>] flag′el•la`tor, n. flag•el•la•to•ry (ˈflædʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

flag·el·late

(flăj′ə-lāt′) A protozoan that moves by means of a flagellum or flagella. Some flagellates, such as the euglena, can make food by photosynthesis like plants, while others, such as the trypanosomes, are parasitic and cause disease.

flagellate

Past participle: flagellated
Gerund: flagellating

Imperative
flagellate
flagellate

Present
I flagellate
you flagellate
he/she/it flagellates
we flagellate
you flagellate
they flagellate

Preterite
I flagellated
you flagellated
he/she/it flagellated
we flagellated
you flagellated
they flagellated

Present Continuous
I am flagellating
you are flagellating
he/she/it is flagellating
we are flagellating
you are flagellating
they are flagellating

Present Perfect
I have flagellated
you have flagellated
he/she/it has flagellated
we have flagellated
you have flagellated
they have flagellated

Past Continuous
I was flagellating
you were flagellating
he/she/it was flagellating
we were flagellating
you were flagellating
they were flagellating

Past Perfect
I had flagellated
you had flagellated
he/she/it had flagellated
we had flagellated
you had flagellated
they had flagellated

Future
I will flagellate
you will flagellate
he/she/it will flagellate
we will flagellate
you will flagellate
they will flagellate

Future Perfect
I will have flagellated
you will have flagellated
he/she/it will have flagellated
we will have flagellated
you will have flagellated
they will have flagellated

Future Continuous
I will be flagellating
you will be flagellating
he/she/it will be flagellating
we will be flagellating
you will be flagellating
they will be flagellating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flagellating
you have been flagellating
he/she/it has been flagellating
we have been flagellating
you have been flagellating
they have been flagellating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flagellating
you will have been flagellating
he/she/it will have been flagellating
we will have been flagellating
you will have been flagellating
they will have been flagellating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flagellating
you had been flagellating
he/she/it had been flagellating
we had been flagellating
you had been flagellating
they had been flagellating

Conditional
I would flagellate
you would flagellate
he/she/it would flagellate
we would flagellate
you would flagellate
they would flagellate

Past Conditional
I would have flagellated
you would have flagellated
he/she/it would have flagellated
we would have flagellated
you would have flagellated
they would have flagellated

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flagellate - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalsflagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophoreprotozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticclass Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagelladinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of planktongenus Leishmania, Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasiszooflagellate, zoomastigote - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristicshypermastigote - flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termitespolymastigote - flagellates with several flagellacostia, Costia necatrix - a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasisgiardia - a suspected cause of diarrhea in humanstrichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
Verb	1.	flagellate - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"scourgeflog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
Adj.	1.	flagellate - having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)flagellated, lash-like, whiplike

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