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CONVOLVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does convolve mean?
• CONVOLVE (verb)
The verb CONVOLVE has 1 sense:
1. curl, wind, or twist together
Familiarity information: CONVOLVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they convolve ... he / she / it convolves
Past simple: convolved
Past participle: convolved
-ing form: convolving
... he / she / it convolves Past simple: convolved
Past participle: convolved
-ing form: convolving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curl, wind, or twist together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
convolute; convolve
Hypernyms (to "convolve" is one way to...):
bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
convolution (the action of coiling or twisting or winding together)
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