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lactate

POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

lac=tate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lactate has 1 sense

lactate(n = noun.substance) Array - a salt or ester of lactic acid; Array

is a kind of

ester

salt

Verb lactate has 1 sense

lactate(v = verb.consumption) breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

is one way to feed, give

Derived forms noun lactation₃, noun lactation₂, noun lactation₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

lactate, n. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactate.].

A salt of lactic acid. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

lactate, v.intr. (of mammals) secrete milk.

lactate, n. Chem. any salt or ester of lactic acid.

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THESAURUS

lactate

aliment, breast-feed, dry-nurse, excrete, fatten, fatten up, force-feed, foster, give out, nourish, nurse, nurture, nutrify, produce, secern, secrete, stuff, suckle, tear, water, weep, wet-nurse

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