MEANING
To fold inward so as to form a pocket, enclosure, or inward extension.
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Words that belong together
- tissue invaginates
- an invaginated membrane
On the page
The membrane invaginated along the marked boundary.
They watched the tissue invaginate around the opening.
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Word forms
- Base
- invaginate
- Past tense
- invaginated
- Past participle
- invaginated
- Present participle
- invaginating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- invaginate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are invaginating
- Present perfect
- have/has invaginated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been invaginating
- Past
- invaginated
- Past continuous
- was/were invaginating
- Past perfect
- had invaginated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been invaginating
- Future
- will invaginate
- Future continuous
- will be invaginating
- Future perfect
- will have invaginated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been invaginating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: invaginate; invaginates; invaginated; invaginated; invaginating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: invaginates.
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