EXTRAVASATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extravasate mean? 

• EXTRAVASATE (verb)
  The verb EXTRAVASATE has 3 senses:

1. force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel

2. become active and spew forth lava and rocks

3. geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth

  Familiarity information: EXTRAVASATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRAVASATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they extravasate    ... he / she / it extravasates   
Past simple: extravasated   
Past participle: extravasated   
-ing form: extravasating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

eject; force out; squeeze out; squirt (cause to come out in a squirt)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

extravasation (the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine)

extravasation (an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become active and spew forth lava and rocks

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

belch; erupt; extravasate

Context example:

Vesuvius erupts once in a while

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

burst; explode (burst outward, usually with noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed))

 Context examples 

VCAM-1 is involved in the opening of the "endothelial passage" through which leukocytes can extravasate.

(Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)