Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To whip or scourge.

    поро́тьporótʹ

    whip

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.

  3. (transitive)Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Miroslav was self-flagellating his back.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
1. to whip or scourge:

Origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flag

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

flagellates, flagellating, flagellated, flagellated
Base formflagellate · to flagellate
3rd person singularflagellates
Present participleflagellating
Past simpleflagellated
Past participleflagellated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflagellate
he, she, itflagellates

Past simpleLesson

all personsflagellated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flagellated
he, she, ithas flagellated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flagellate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedflagellumflagellationflagellant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flabbyflaccidflagA1flagellationflagpoleflagrant
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