mutate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mutate*:
VERB	change	mutate	undergo mutation

mutate > pronunciation
Sounds	myuw'tey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *mutate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Undergo mutation.
Pattern	Something ----s
Example	"cells mutate"
Narrower	revert	Undergo reversion, as in a mutation
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Spanish	mutar
Catalan	mutar
Adjectives	mutant	tending to undergo or resulting from mutation / mutation
Adjectives	mutative	of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
Nouns	mutant	an 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

HyperDic: mutate