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etiolate

/'/i/t/i//@/,l/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

    adj.all

    Examples
    Etiolated celery.
    Synonyms blanched etiolated

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. make weak by stunting the growth or development of

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. make pale or sickly

    verb.body

    Examples
    Alcohol etiolates your skin.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  5. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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