Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be neutralized and deposited onto a solid surface.

    In this galvanic cell, Ag⁺ ions are reduced into metallic silver and plate out onto an electrode.

  2. (transitive)To cause to plate out.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I put a plate out for Tom.

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  2. Finish off your plate before going out.

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  3. The plate slipped out of my hands.

    ruТарелка выскользнула у меня из рук.

    deDer Teller glitt mir aus den Händen.

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  4. He takes a plate out of the kitchen cupboard.

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  5. The plate slipped out of my hands because they were wet.

    deDer Teller entglitt meinen Händen, weil sie feucht waren.

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Forms

plates out, plating out, plated out, plated out
Base formplate out · to plate out
3rd person singularplates out
Present participleplating out
Past simpleplated out
Past participleplated out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplate out
he, she, itplates out

Past simpleLesson

all personsplated out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave plated out
he, she, ithas plated out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill plate out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedplate-out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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