Flagellate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To whip or flog; scourge.
  • v. To punish or impel as if by whipping.
  • adj. Biology Flagellated.
  • adj. Resembling or having the form of a flagellum; whiplike.
  • adj. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
  • n. An organism, such as a euglena, that is equipped with a flagellum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To whip or scourge.
  • adj. Resembling a whip.
  • adj. Having flagella.
  • n. Any organism that has flagella.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To whip; to scourge; to flog.
  • adj. Flagelliform.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.
  • adj. Having a flagellum or flagella.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To whip; scourge.
  • In biol, furnished with flagella, or slender whip-like processes; flagelliferous: as, a flagellate infusorian (in this use technically opposed to ciliate).
  • Like a whip-lash; flagelliform: as, a flagellate process.
  • In botany, producing filiform runners or runner-like branches.
  • n. An obsolete perversion of flageolet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. whip
  • n. a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
  • adj. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strap    welt    slash    trounce    flog   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whip    scourge    flog    flagelliform    whip-shaped   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adulate