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COAPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coapt mean? 

COAPT (verb)
  The verb COAPT has 2 senses:

1. cause to adhereplay

2. fit tightly and fastenplay

  Familiarity information: COAPT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COAPT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they coapt  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it coapts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: coapted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: coapted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: coapting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to adhere

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

coapt; conglutinate

Context example:

The wounds were coapted

Hypernyms (to "coapt" is one way to...):

close; fill up (fill or stop up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Fit tightly and fasten

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "coapt" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


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