flagellate

[ verb flaj-uh-leyt; adjective, noun flaj-uh-lit, -leyt ]

/ verb ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt; adjective, noun ˈflædʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

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verb (used with object), flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing.

to whip; scourge; flog; lash.

adjective

Also flag·el·lat·ed. Biology. having flagella.

Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.

pertaining to or caused by flagellates.

noun

any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.

RELATED WORDS

hit, beat, flay, spank, thrash, lash, tan, flog, belt

Nearby words

flagella, flagellant, flagellar, flagellar antigen, flagellata, flagellate, flagellated, flagellation, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellosis

Origin of flagellate

1615–25; < Latin flagellātus, past participle of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate¹

Related forms

flag·el·la·tor, nounflag·el·la·to·ry

[flaj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈflædʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivemul·ti·flag·el·late, adjectivemul·ti·flag·el·lat·ed, adjective

non·flag·el·late, adjectivenon·flag·el·lat·ed, adjectivepre·flag·el·late, adjectivepre·flag·el·lat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for flagellate

Now and again imitation has been resorted to by well-known masters to flagellate the taste of their own day.
Chats on Old Sheffield Plate|Arthur Hayden
C, Later stage, resolving itself into two flagellate gametes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
The endoderm has cylindrical cells, each one of which has a flagellate hair.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
I will cut him up, sir; I will flay him—flagellate him—finish him!
Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. 1, July 31, 1841|Various

Byron, Shelley, and Moore all flagellate him in their poetry.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England|Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for flagellate

flagellate

verb (ˈflædʒɪˌleɪt)

(tr) to whip; scourge; flog

adjective (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) flagellated

possessing one or more flagella

resembling a flagellum; whiplike

noun (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt)

a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina

Derived Forms

flagellation, noun

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Medicine definitions for flagellate

flagellate

[ flăj′ə-lĭt, -lāt′, flə-jĕl′ĭt ]

adj.

Flagellated.

Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

n.

A member of the class Mastigophora, comprising organisms having a flagellum.

Science definitions for flagellate

flagellate

[ flăj′ə-lāt′ ]

Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas. Also called mastigophoran