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claymated

claymated is the simple past and past participle of claymate.

Meaning of claymate

Verb

claymate (third-person singular simple present claymates, present participle claymating, simple past and past participle claymated)

  1. To animate by using stop-motion photography and pieces made out of a moldable substance, typically Plasticine clay.
    • Even then he was prone to claymate. "I used to make models out of Plasticine, and of course it wasn't long before I wanted them to move on film. […]2000 April 21, Erika Milvy, “Aardman's Claymation Films Taking Shape on Web”, in Los Angeles Times

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Adjective

claymated (not comparable)

  1. Animated through claymation.
    • A month away from twenty-six and there you are, in the middle of a Monday afternoon, genuinely engaged in the madcap antics of a slope-headed, claymated man and his anthropomorphized horse.1998, Paul McComas, Twenty Questions: A Collection of Short and Very Short Stories, Fithian Press, →ISBN, page 33

Questions about claymated

What does claymated mean?
Claymated means animated through claymation.
What is claymated the simple past and past participle of?
Claymated is the simple past and past participle of claymate.
What part of speech is claymated?
Claymated is an adjective.

Words near claymated in the dictionary

  1. claylike
  2. claym
  3. clayman
  4. Claymans
  5. claymate
  6. claymated
  7. claymates
  8. claymating
  9. claymation
  10. claymations
  11. claymed

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