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biodegraded

biodegraded is the simple past and past participle of biodegrade.

Meaning of biodegrade

Verb

biodegrade (third-person singular simple present biodegrades, present participle biodegrading, simple past and past participle biodegraded)

  1. To decompose as a result of biological action, especially by microorganisms.
    • PLA decomposes slowly, but plants can help the material biodegrade five to seven times faster in the soil, Kato says.2026 February 17, Simmone Shah, “Biodegradable Beads Are Helping Mardi Gras Go Green”, in TIME, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026

Adjective

biodegraded (comparative more biodegraded, superlative most biodegraded)

  1. Subject to biodegradation

Forms of biodegraded

comparativemore biodegraded
superlativemost biodegraded

Questions about biodegraded

What does biodegraded mean?
Biodegraded means subject to biodegradation.
What is biodegraded the simple past and past participle of?
Biodegraded is the simple past and past participle of biodegrade.
What part of speech is biodegraded?
Biodegraded is an adjective.

Words near biodegraded in the dictionary

  1. biodegradation
  2. biodegradations
  3. biodegradative
  4. biodegradatory
  5. biodegrade
  6. biodegraded
  7. biodegrader
  8. biodegraders
  9. biodegrades
  10. biodegrading
  11. biodeme

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biodegraded (page history and authors); biodegrade (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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