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INVAGINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fold inwards

Example:

some organs can invaginate

Synonyms:

introvert; invaginate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "invaginate" is one way to...):

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invaginate"):

intussuscept (introvert or invaginate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

invagination (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sheathe

Example:

The chrysalis is invaginated

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "invaginate" is one way to...):

sheathe (cover with a protective sheathing)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

invagination (the condition of being folded inward or sheathed)

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