HyperDic: mutate

English > 1 sense of the word mutate:
VERBchangemutateundergo mutation
mutate > pronunciation
Soundsmyuw'tey.t
Rhymesabate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...
English > mutate: 1 sense > verb 1, change
MeaningUndergo mutation.
PatternSomething ----s
Example"cells mutate"
NarrowerrevertUndergo reversion, as in a mutation
BroaderchangeUndergo a change
Spanishmutar
Catalanmutar
Adjectivesmutanttending to undergo or resulting from mutation / mutation
mutativeof or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
Nounsmutantan animal that has undergone mutation / mutation
mutant, mutation(biology) an organism that has characteristics / characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
mutation(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure

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