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oestruate

oestruate verb: to be in heat (state of sexual receptivity).

Verb

oestruate (third-person singular simple present oestruates, present participle oestruating, simple past and past participle oestruated)

  1. To be in heat (state of sexual receptivity).

Forms of oestruate

third-person singular presentoestruates
present participleoestruating
past participleoestruated
pastoestruated
alternative formestruate
alternative formœstruate

Questions about oestruate

What does oestruate mean?
Oestruate means to be in heat (state of sexual receptivity).
What part of speech is oestruate?
Oestruate is a verb.
What is the past tense of oestruate?
The past tense of oestruate is oestruated.

Words near oestruate in the dictionary

  1. oestrone
  2. oestrones
  3. oestroprogestative
  4. oestrous
  5. oestrual
  6. oestruate
  7. oestruated
  8. oestruates
  9. oestruating
  10. oestruation
  11. oestruations

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