flagellate

US: /ˈflædʒəˌleɪt/

US: (v. flaj′ə lāt′; adj., n. flaj′ə lit, -lāt′)

Inflections of 'flagellate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

flagellates

v 3rd person singular

flagellating

v pres p

flagellated

v past

flagellated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

flag•el•late /ˈflædʒəˌleɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 

1. to punish with or as if with a whip:
   flagellating his opponent.

flag•el•la•tion /ˌflædʒəˈleɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

flag•el•late  (v. flaj′ə lāt′;adj., n. flaj′ə lit, -lāt′), v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, adj., n. 
v.t. 

1. to whip;
   scourge;
   flog;
   lash.

adj. 

2. Cell Biology Also, flag′el•lat′ed. [Biol.] having flagella.
3. Botany producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
4. Microbiology pertaining to or caused by flagellates.

n. 

5. Microbiology any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.

• Latin flagellātus, past participle of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate¹
• 1615–25

flag′el•la′tor, n. 
flag•el•la•to•ry  (flaj′ə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē), adj. 

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flagellate verb / ˈflædʒɪˌleɪt/

1. (transitive) to whip; scourge; flog

adjective / ˈflædʒɪlɪt -ˌleɪt/
also: flagellated

1. possessing one or more flagella
2. resembling a flagellum; whiplike

noun / ˈflædʒɪlɪt -ˌleɪt/

1. a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina