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insulate

Syllables: in·su·lateUK/ˈɪnsjʊleɪt//ˈɪnsʊleɪt/

insulate verb: to separate, detach, or isolate.

Verb

insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)

  1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
  2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
    • Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Adjective

insulate (not comparable)

  1. Of pollen or spores, with superficial ornamentation grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves.
    • Among nonwinged grains, the sexine is rugulate, insulate, or microverrucate.1983, Walter H. Lewis, Prathibha Vinay, Vincent E. Zenger, Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America, page 239
    • Pollen insulate when the elements are grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves.[2017, Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties

insulate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

insulate in Tamil

காப்பிடு, காப்பீடு

insulate in Urdu

الگ کرنا, جدا کرنا, تنہا کرنا

insulate in Bengali

পৃথক করা, অন্তরক দ্বারা আবৃত করা

insulate in Malayalam

ദ്വീപാക്കുക, അകറ്റിവയ്ക്കുക, വേർപെടുത്തി നില്ക്കുക, ബാഹ്യബന്ധം ഛേദിക്കുക
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insulate in Kannada
ಬೇರ‍್ಪಡಿಸು, ಮುಚ್ಚು, ಹೊದಿಸು

Examples of insulate in a sentence

  • A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
  • Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.
  • The rich are often so insulated from reality that they think the poor have extra money they could save for more than a short time.

All 40 example sentences with insulate

Synonyms of insulate

Forms of insulate

third-person singular presentinsulates
present participleinsulating
past participleinsulated
pastinsulated

Past tense of insulate: insulated

Origin of insulate

From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate.

Words formed from insulate

Questions about insulate

What does insulate mean?
Insulate means to separate, detach, or isolate.
What is insulate in Tamil?
Insulate in Tamil is காப்பிடு, காப்பீடு. See Insulate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is insulate?
Insulate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce insulate?
Insulate is pronounced /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of insulate?
The past tense of insulate is insulated.

Words near insulate in the dictionary

  1. insularly
  2. insulars
  3. insulary
  4. insulas
  5. insulatard
  6. insulate
  7. insulated
  8. insulates
  9. insulating
  10. insulating tape
  11. insulating tapes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: insulate (page history and authors); insulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insulate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Insulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insulate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insulate (Kannada 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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