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OVULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce and discharge eggs

Example:

women ovulate about once every month

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

ovulation (the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle))

ovule (a small or immature ovum)

ovum (the female reproductive cell; the female gamete)

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