CASEATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caseate mean? 

• CASEATE (verb)
  The verb CASEATE has 2 senses:

1. turn into cheese

2. become cheeselike

  Familiarity information: CASEATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASEATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they caseate    ... he / she / it caseates   
Past simple: caseated   
Past participle: caseated   
-ing form: caseating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn into cheese

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The milk caseated

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become cheeselike

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

necrotic tissue caseates

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s