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caterpillarize

caterpillarize verb: to visualize (a tree) as a group of subtrees.

Verb

caterpillarize (third-person singular simple present caterpillarizes, present participle caterpillarizing, simple past and past participle caterpillarized)

  1. (transitive) To visualize (a tree) as a group of subtrees.

Forms of caterpillarize

third-person singular presentcaterpillarizes
present participlecaterpillarizing
past participlecaterpillarized
pastcaterpillarized

Origin of caterpillarize

From caterpillar + -ize.

Questions about caterpillarize

What does caterpillarize mean?
Caterpillarize means to visualize (a tree) as a group of subtrees.
What part of speech is caterpillarize?
Caterpillarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of caterpillarize?
The past tense of caterpillarize is caterpillarized.

Words near caterpillarize in the dictionary

  1. caterpillar tree
  2. caterpillar trees
  3. caterpillared
  4. caterpillaring
  5. caterpillarization
  6. caterpillarize
  7. caterpillarized
  8. caterpillarizes
  9. caterpillarizing
  10. caterpillarlike
  11. caterpillars

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