Definition of flagellate

Overview of noun flagellate

The noun flagellate has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

(a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

Overview of verb flagellate

The verb flagellate has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. flagellate, scourge

(whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves")

Overview of adj flagellate

The adj flagellate has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-like

(having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum))