'Flagellate' definitions:
Definition of 'flagellate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) [syn: flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash- like]
noun
A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore]
verb
Whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: flagellate, scourge]
Definition of 'Flagellate'
From: GCIDE
- Flagellate \Flag"el*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] [L. flagellatus, p. p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.] To whip; to scourge; to flog. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flagellate'
From: GCIDE
- Flagellate \Fla*gel"late\, a.
- 1. Flagelliform. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having a flagellum or flagella. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'flagellate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baste,
- bastinado,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- birch,
- buffet,
- cane,
- club,
- cowhide,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- drub,
- flail,
- flog,
- fustigate,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- hide,
- horsewhip,
- knout,
- lace,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lay on,
- pistol-whip,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rawhide,
- scourge,
- smite,
- spank,
- strap,
- stripe,
- swinge,
- switch,
- thrash,
- thump,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- wallop,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop