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PATINATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patinate mean?
• PATINATE (verb)
The verb PATINATE has 1 sense:
1. coat with a patina
Familiarity information: PATINATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coat with a patina
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "patinate" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
patina (a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper))
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