MEANING
To coat a surface with a layer of metal deposited by an electrical process.
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Words that belong together
- electroplate a component
- an electroplated coating
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The workshop electroplated the replacement component to match the original finish.
An electroplated coating peeled from the damaged contact.
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Word forms
- Base
- electroplate
- Past tense
- electroplated
- Past participle
- electroplated
- Present participle
- electroplating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- electroplate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are electroplating
- Present perfect
- have/has electroplated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been electroplating
- Past
- electroplated
- Past continuous
- was/were electroplating
- Past perfect
- had electroplated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been electroplating
- Future
- will electroplate
- Future continuous
- will be electroplating
- Future perfect
- will have electroplated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been electroplating
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: electroplate; electroplates; electroplated; electroplated; electroplating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: electroplates.
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