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Definition: Defoliated |
DefoliatedAdjective1. Deprived of leaves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: DefoliatedSynonym: defoliate (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Defoliated |
| Specialty definitions using "defoliated": Laurel. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (Vide supra.) |
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| "Defoliated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Defoliated" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "defoliated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 落叶 (Deciduous, Defoliate). (various references) | ||||
German | entblätterte. (various references) | ||||
Manx | neughuillagagh (leafless). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | efoliatedday | ||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "defoliated": undefoliated. (additional references) | |
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"Defoliated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: defilated, defoliage, demotivated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-f-i-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: defoliate. | |
-2 letters: deadlift, defilade, deflated, detailed, foliated. | |
-3 letters: defiled, deflate, delated, deltoid, dilated, feedlot, fielded, fileted, floated, foliate, ideated, iodated, toadied. | |
-4 letters: aedile, afield, defeat, defied, defile, deflea, delate, delead, detail, dialed, dieted, dilate, dildoe, doated, doiled, doited, edited, eidola, elated, elided, elodea, etoile, failed, felted, fetial, fiddle, flited, foaled, foetal, foetid, foiled, folate, folded, ideate, iodate, laddie, leaded, leafed, lifted, loaded, loafed, lofted, oleate, tailed, toddle, toiled. | |
-5 letters: addle, aided, ailed, aloft, dated, dealt, dedal, defat, deled, delft, delta, dildo, diode, doled, dotal, doted, edile, elate, elide, elite, faded, fated, felid, fetal, feted, fetid, field, filed, filet, fleet, flied, flite, float, flota, folia, ideal, idled, laded, lated, oiled, oldie, telae, telia, teloi, tidal, tided, tilde, tiled, toile, toled. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-f-i-l-o-t" | |
+2 letters: undefoliated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 6F 6C 69 61 74 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. --- .-.. .. .- - . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f o l i a t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 006F 006C 0069 0061 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717281787567867170 |
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