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Meaning of 'etiolate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Etiolate [ a.]
- Alt. of Etiolated
2 . Etiolate [ v. i.]
- To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
- To become pale through disease or absence of light.
3 . Etiolate [ v. t.]
- To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
- To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

Meaning of 'etiolate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . etiolate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make pale or sickly
Example in sentence:
  • alcohol etiolates your skin
2 . etiolate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
Example in sentence:
  • etiolated celery

Nearby Words:

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