ovulate
verb/ˈɒvjuleɪt/
/ˈɑːvjuleɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ovulate | /ˈɒvjuleɪt/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it ovulates | /ˈɒvjuleɪts/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪts/ |
| past simple ovulated | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ovulated | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ovulating | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a woman or a female animal) to produce an egg (called an ovum), from the ovaryTopics Biologyc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from ovulation, or from medieval Latin ovulum ‘little egg’ (diminutive of ovum) + -ate.
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