ablate
US/əˈbleɪt/
ablate verb: to remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
Verb
ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)
- To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
ablate meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
ablate in Urdu
- قَطع کَرنا, تَخلیل کَرنا, خَتَم کَرنا
ablate in Bengali
- কাটা, ক্ষয়, গলন, অ্যাবলেশন হওয়া
ablate in Malayalam
- ലിംഗഛേദം ചെയ്യുക
Forms of ablate
| third-person singular present | ablates |
|---|---|
| present participle | ablating |
| past participle | ablated |
| past | ablated |
Origin of ablate
From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
Words formed from ablate
Questions about ablate
- What does ablate mean?
- Ablate means to remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- What is ablate in Urdu?
- Ablate in Urdu is قَطع کَرنا, تَخلیل کَرنا, خَتَم کَرنا. See Ablate meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ablate?
- Ablate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce ablate?
- Ablate is pronounced /əˈbleɪt/ (US).
- What is the past tense of ablate?
- The past tense of ablate is ablated.
Words near ablate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ablate (page history and authors); ablate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ablate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ablate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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