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lac·tate 1

 (lăk′tāt′)
intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates
To secrete or produce milk.
[Latin lactāre, lactāt-, from lac, lact-, milk; see lacto-.]

lac·tate 2

 (lăk′tāt′)
n.
A salt or ester of lactic acid.
[lact(o)- + -ate.]
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lactate

(ˈlækteɪt)
n
(Elements & Compounds) an ester or salt of lactic acid
[C18: from lacto- + -ate1]

lactate

(lækˈteɪt)
vb
(Physiology) (intr) (of mammals) to produce or secrete milk
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lac•tate1

(ˈlæk teɪt)

v.i. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
to secrete milk.
[1885–90]

lac•tate2

(ˈlæk teɪt)

n.
an ester or salt of lactic acid.
[1785–95]
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lactate


Past participle: lactated
Gerund: lactating

Imperative
lactate
lactate
Present
I lactate
you lactate
he/she/it lactates
we lactate
you lactate
they lactate
Preterite
I lactated
you lactated
he/she/it lactated
we lactated
you lactated
they lactated
Present Continuous
I am lactating
you are lactating
he/she/it is lactating
we are lactating
you are lactating
they are lactating
Present Perfect
I have lactated
you have lactated
he/she/it has lactated
we have lactated
you have lactated
they have lactated
Past Continuous
I was lactating
you were lactating
he/she/it was lactating
we were lactating
you were lactating
they were lactating
Past Perfect
I had lactated
you had lactated
he/she/it had lactated
we had lactated
you had lactated
they had lactated
Future
I will lactate
you will lactate
he/she/it will lactate
we will lactate
you will lactate
they will lactate
Future Perfect
I will have lactated
you will have lactated
he/she/it will have lactated
we will have lactated
you will have lactated
they will have lactated
Future Continuous
I will be lactating
you will be lactating
he/she/it will be lactating
we will be lactating
you will be lactating
they will be lactating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lactating
you have been lactating
he/she/it has been lactating
we have been lactating
you have been lactating
they have been lactating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lactating
you will have been lactating
he/she/it will have been lactating
we will have been lactating
you will have been lactating
they will have been lactating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lactating
you had been lactating
he/she/it had been lactating
we had been lactating
you had been lactating
they had been lactating
Conditional
I would lactate
you would lactate
he/she/it would lactate
we would lactate
you would lactate
they would lactate
Past Conditional
I would have lactated
you would have lactated
he/she/it would have lactated
we would have lactated
you would have lactated
they would have lactated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lactate - a salt or ester of lactic acid
ester - formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Verb1.lactate - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
breastfeed, give suck, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck
suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
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Translations
Lactatlaktieren

lactate

[ˈlækteɪt] VI → lactar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lactate

vi → Milch absondern, laktieren (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lactate

n lactato; vi producir y secretar leche
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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