pollinate
verb /ˈpɒləneɪt/
/ˈpɑːləneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pollinate | /ˈpɒləneɪt/ /ˈpɑːləneɪt/ |
| he / she / it pollinates | /ˈpɒləneɪts/ /ˈpɑːləneɪts/ |
| past simple pollinated | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle pollinated | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form pollinating | /ˈpɒləneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːləneɪtɪŋ/ |
- pollinate something to put pollen into a flower or plant so that it produces seeds
- flowers pollinated by bees/the wind
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPollinate is used with these nouns as the subject:- bee
- flower
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen’ + -ate.