lactate
verb /lækˈteɪt/
/ˈlækteɪt/
[intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lactate | /lækˈteɪt/ /ˈlækteɪt/ |
| he / she / it lactates | /lækˈteɪts/ /ˈlækteɪts/ |
| past simple lactated | /lækˈteɪtɪd/ /ˈlækteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle lactated | /lækˈteɪtɪd/ /ˈlækteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form lactating | /lækˈteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlækteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a woman or female animal) to produce milk to feed a baby or young animalWord Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from lactation, from Latin lactatio(n-), from lactare ‘suckle’, from lac, lact- ‘milk’.