Definition of etiolate Etiolate

e•ti•o•late

We found 15 definitions of etiolate from 5 different sources.

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What does etiolate mean?

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Verb

etioleats, etioleating, etioleaten  

etiolate - bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
  modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
  plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
etiolate - make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"
  modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
etiolate - make weak by stunting the growth or development of
  weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

Adjective
etiolate - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"
  etiolated, blanched
  colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • etiolate (Verb)
    To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
  • etiolate (Verb)
    To make pale and sickly-looking.
  • etiolate (Verb)
    To become pale or blanched.
  • etiolate (Adjective)
    etiolated.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • etiolate (v. i.)
    To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
  • etiolate (v. i.)
    To become pale through disease or absence of light.
  • etiolate (v. t.)
    To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
  • etiolate (v. t.)
    To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
  • etiolate (a.)
    Alt. of Etiolated

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • etiolate
    ē-ti-o-lāt′, v.t. (med., bot.) to cause to grow pale from want of light and fresh air.—v.i. to become pale from disease or absence of light.—n. Etiolā′tion. [Fr. étioler, to become pale, to grow into stubble, éteule, stubble—L. stipula, a stalk.]

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  • etiolate, verb, present, 1st person singular of etiolate (infinitive).
  • etiolate, verb (infinitive).

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