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cross-contaminate

cross-contaminate verb: to transfer a contaminant from one source to another.

Verb

cross-contaminate (third-person singular simple present cross-contaminates, present participle cross-contaminating, simple past and past participle cross-contaminated)

  1. (transitive) To transfer a contaminant from one source to another.

Forms of cross-contaminate

third-person singular presentcross-contaminates
present participlecross-contaminating
past participlecross-contaminated
pastcross-contaminated
alternative formcrosscontaminate

Origin of cross-contaminate

From cross- + contaminate.

Words formed from cross-contaminate

Questions about cross-contaminate

What does cross-contaminate mean?
Cross-contaminate means to transfer a contaminant from one source to another.
What part of speech is cross-contaminate?
Cross-contaminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of cross-contaminate?
The past tense of cross-contaminate is cross-contaminated.

Words near cross-contaminate in the dictionary

  1. cross-complaint
  2. cross-complaints
  3. cross-conjugation
  4. cross-contact
  5. cross-contaminant
  6. cross-contaminate
  7. cross-contaminated
  8. cross-contaminates
  9. cross-contaminating
  10. cross-contamination
  11. cross-contaminations

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