OVULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ovulate mean? 

• OVULATE (verb)
  The verb OVULATE has 1 sense:

1. produce and discharge eggs

  Familiarity information: OVULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ovulate    ... he / she / it ovulates   
Past simple: ovulated   
Past participle: ovulated   
-ing form: ovulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce and discharge eggs

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

women ovulate about once every month

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

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

ovulation (the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle))

ovule (a small or immature ovum)

ovum (the female reproductive cell; the female gamete)

 Context examples 

Most baboons made it, but the drought left them underweight and many females stopped ovulating.

(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)