| ABLATE | • ablate v. (Transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. • ablate v. (Intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. • ABLATE v. to remove or decrease by ablation. |
| ABLAUT | • ablaut n. (Phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification… • ablaut v. (Intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. • ablaut v. (Transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel. |
| ABLAZE | • ablaze adj. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. • ablaze adj. Radiant with bright light and color. • ablaze adj. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion. |
| ABLATED | • ablated v. Simple past tense and past participle of ablate. • ABLATE v. to remove or decrease by ablation. |
| ABLATES | • ablates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablate. • ABLATE v. to remove or decrease by ablation. |
| ABLATOR | • ablator n. A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. • ABLATOR n. a substance undergoing ablation, e.g. in a heat-shield. |
| ABLAUTS | • ablauts n. Plural of ablaut. • ablauts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut. • ABLAUT n. (German) vowel change in related words, esp. that in Indo-European, which survives in English in e.g. sing, sang, sung, song. |
| ABLATING | • ablating v. Present participle of ablate. • ABLATE v. to remove or decrease by ablation. |
| ABLATION | • ablation n. (Obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. • ablation n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ… • ablation n. (Sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization… |
| ABLATIVE | • ablative adj. (Grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the… • ablative adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. • ablative adj. (Engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect… |
| ABLATORS | • ablators n. Plural of ablator. • ABLATOR n. a substance undergoing ablation, e.g. in a heat-shield. |
| ABLATIONS | • ablations n. Plural of ablation. • ABLATION n. surgical removal of a bodily part. |
| ABLATIVAL | • ablatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the ablative case. • ABLATIVAL adj. relating to the ablative case. |
| ABLATIVES | • ablatives n. Plural of ablative. • ABLATIVE n. a grammatical case indicating direction from or time when. |
| ABLATIVELY | • ablatively adv. In an ablative manner. • ABLATIVE adv. indicating direction from or time when. |
| ABLACTATION | • ablactation n. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. • ablactation n. (Obsolete, horticulture) Inarching. • ABLACTATION n. the weaning of a child from its mother's milk. |
| ABLATITIOUS | • ablatitious adj. (Obsolete) Diminishing. • ABLATITIOUS adj. relating to ablation, surgical removal; decrease caused by melting. |
| ABLACTATIONS | • ablactations n. Plural of ablactation. • ABLACTATION n. the weaning of a child from its mother's milk. |