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Meaning of "pupate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUPATE

pupate  [pjuːˈpeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUPATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pupate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pupate in English.

WHAT DOES PUPATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pupate

Pupa

A pupa is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; embryo, larva, pupa and imago.. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis for the pupae of butterflies and tumbler for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests or shells.

Definition of pupate in the English dictionary

The definition of pupate in the dictionary is to develop into a pupa.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PUPATE

PRESENT

Present
I pupate
you pupate
he/she/it pupates
we pupate
you pupate
they pupate
Present continuous
I am pupating
you are pupating
he/she/it is pupating
we are pupating
you are pupating
they are pupating
Present perfect
I have pupated
you have pupated
he/she/it has pupated
we have pupated
you have pupated
they have pupated
Present perfect continuous
I have been pupating
you have been pupating
he/she/it has been pupating
we have been pupating
you have been pupating
they have been pupating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pupated
you pupated
he/she/it pupated
we pupated
you pupated
they pupated
Past continuous
I was pupating
you were pupating
he/she/it was pupating
we were pupating
you were pupating
they were pupating
Past perfect
I had pupated
you had pupated
he/she/it had pupated
we had pupated
you had pupated
they had pupated
Past perfect continuous
I had been pupating
you had been pupating
he/she/it had been pupating
we had been pupating
you had been pupating
they had been pupating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pupate
you will pupate
he/she/it will pupate
we will pupate
you will pupate
they will pupate
Future continuous
I will be pupating
you will be pupating
he/she/it will be pupating
we will be pupating
you will be pupating
they will be pupating
Future perfect
I will have pupated
you will have pupated
he/she/it will have pupated
we will have pupated
you will have pupated
they will have pupated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pupating
you will have been pupating
he/she/it will have been pupating
we will have been pupating
you will have been pupating
they will have been pupating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pupate
you would pupate
he/she/it would pupate
we would pupate
you would pupate
they would pupate
Conditional continuous
I would be pupating
you would be pupating
he/she/it would be pupating
we would be pupating
you would be pupating
they would be pupating
Conditional perfect
I would have pupate
you would have pupate
he/she/it would have pupate
we would have pupate
you would have pupate
they would have pupate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pupating
you would have been pupating
he/she/it would have been pupating
we would have been pupating
you would have been pupating
they would have been pupating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pupate
we let´s pupate
you pupate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pupate
Past participle
pupated
Present Participle
pupating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUPATE


anticipate
ænˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt
baldpate
ˈbɔːldˌpeɪt
constipate
ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt
crispate
ˈkrɪspeɪt
dissipate
ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪt
dunderpate
ˈdʌndəˌpeɪt
emancipate
ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt
exculpate
ˈɛkskʌlˌpeɪt
extirpate
ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt
inculpate
ˈɪnkʌlˌpeɪt
mancipate
ˈmænsɪˌpeɪt
nuncupate
ˈnʌŋkjəˌpeɪt
palpate
ˈpælpeɪt
participate
pɑːˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt
pate
peɪt
preoccupate
priːˈɒkjʊˌpeɪt
principate
ˈprɪnsɪˌpeɪt
scopate
ˈskəʊpeɪt
spate
speɪt
syncopate
ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUPATE

pup
pup tent
pupa
pupae
pupal
puparia
puparial
puparium
pupation
pupfish
pupigerous
pupil
pupil nurse
pupil power
pupil teacher
pupilability
pupilage
pupilar
pupilarity
pupilary

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUPATE

apocopate
archiepiscopate
clodpate
cuspate
disculpate
episcopate
forcipate
historic episcopate
hypate
parhypate
smoothpate

Synonyms and antonyms of pupate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pupate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUPATE

Find out the translation of pupate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pupate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pupate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化蛹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pupar
570 millions of speakers

English

pupate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोषस्थ कीट धारण करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخدر تصبح خادرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окукливаются
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pupa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pupate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se métamorphoser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pupate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich verpuppen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蛹になる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

번데기가되다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pupate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyển thành con nhộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pupate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pupate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pupa olmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pupate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pupate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

окукліваются
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pupă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pupate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

papies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förpuppas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forpupper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pupate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPATE»

The term «pupate» is normally little used and occupies the 110.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pupate
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pupate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pupate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pupate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUPATE»

Discover the use of pupate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pupate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Looking Glass: What Do You See?
Pupate said to his mother thank you mother, I was going to buy a "Bible" earlier on today, but each time I picked up a "Bible" I was interested in each time I felt the urge to put it back, and now I know why? I also remembered the stories you told ...
Jd Bundun, 2008
2
1001 Questions Answered about Insects
Those insects having complete metamorphosis which also pupate in the water, such a Caddisflies, moths, flies. Mosquitoes, and Midges, have more difficulty. The Caddisflies pupate within their cases or in cocoons. The mature pupa has to cut ...
Elsie Broughton Klots, 1977
3
Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla ...
Most larvae pupate after the 4th molting, but a few pupate after the 5th molting. Pupae are uniformly pale brown. Adult males are light brown to fulvous; females are slightly darker. Life cycle. The egg stage is 4 d, larval stage 21 d, and pupal ...
‎1987
4
Biodiversity and coarse woody debris in southern forests
Phloem, enter heartwood to pupate Phloem, enter heartwood to pupate Phloem Phloem, pupate under bark Phloem, pupate under bark Phloem, pupate in Phloem, pupate under bark Dead branches Phloem of living trees, enter heartwood to ...
J. W. McMinn, D. A. Crossley, United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station
5
Handbuch Der Zoologie - Handbook of Zoology: A Natural ...
Last instar Sialis commonly move some way from the water edge to pupate. Elliott (1977) cited an early British record of a larva climbing a concrete wall and passing through a vegetation thicket to pupate in a flower bed about five metres ( six ...
Gunther Theischinger, T. R. New, 1993
6
Toward Insect Resistant Maize for the Third World: ...
During 1980-86, however, we used moths originating from larvae reared 10 to 14 generations on a meridic diet because more larvae from 10- to 14-generation ECB cultures crawl into corrugated strips to pupate than from 3- to 4-generation ...
‎1989
7
A Dictionary of Entomology
Larvae overwinter in tunnels and pupate during following spring at entrance of tunnels. Moths typically emerge during morning when pupae wriggle to exit hole and project outward. Empty pupal cases projecting from bark an indication of ACM ...
‎2011
8
Agricultural Insect Pests of Temperate Regions and Their Control
They pupate inside silken cocoons stuck onto a solid substrate (the tree or ground). Pupation takes about ten days. The final- generation larvae overwinter in the pupal cocoons, and pupate in the spring. The adults are small dark moths with ...
Dennis S. Hill, 1987
9
Bark and Wood Boring Insects in Living Trees in Europe, A ...
Larvae pupate in May and June and adults emerge in June and July (Garth and Shanks 1978; Stenseth 1976). However, the larvae of O. nodosus and O. arcticus continue their development throughout the summer after the first overwintering ...
François Lieutier, 2004
10
Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and ...
A small number of larvae do not pupate in the following year and continue feeding throughout the next year. They overwinter once more at the third instar, start to pupate in midJune of the third year, and then complete the entire life cycle (Tian ...
Andrei Alyokhin, Charles Vincent, Philippe Giordanengo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUPATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pupate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dealing with horn flies on beef cattle
Third instar larvae crawl from the manure to a drier area and pupate. The adult fly will emerge from the pupal case and seek a suitable host, typically cattle. «Theadanews, Jul 15»
2
AMY DISMUKES: A Homegrown Tradition
She does not pupate into a moth as the male, nor does she exit the bag to mate. After feeding slows, the adult male will mature into a bee-like moth with clear ... «Brentwood Home Page, Jul 15»
3
Garden Q&A: Beware the peach tree borer
The larvae begin to pupate in late spring and early summer. ... The adults emerge from pupation in July and August and go on to mate and produce another ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4
Gardening: Reader worried about gypsy moth droppings
Gypsy moths feed and grow for several weeks and pupate in late June through mid July. About two weeks later they emerge as adult moths. (CHRIS SHIPLEY ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
5
Viburnum leaf beetles have made way to Pa., but you can limit …
They climb down to the ground to pupate. In early July, the adults emerge from pupation and go on to lay more eggs. There's only one generation per year, but ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
6
Alexandria People at Work: The Hunt for the Culex Mosquito
"He is getting ready to pupate. We are really concerned about the pupa. When they get to the fourth instar stage, they stop eating and start laying eggs." photo. «Virginia Connection Newspapers, Jun 15»
7
Owens Valley Mosquito Abatement Program on the kill
Immature mosquitoes need water to breed and pupate into adult mosquitoes. While the river level may be low, there are still many places mosquitoes call home. «Sierra Wave, Jun 15»
8
ArtsBeat | 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3 Premiere Recap …
Poussey's flashback shows her snuggled up with her mother, reading the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” aloud and stumbling over the word “pupate. «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
It is time for walnut caterpillar to emerge
Once the mature caterpillars have completed their feeding and molting cycles they will crawl down from the tree and pupate in the soil. Their life cycle then ... «Victoria Advocate, Jun 15»
10
Creepy Crawly Season: Tent Caterpillars Invading Local Yards
... crawling in search of a special place. “They're leaving the trees and looking for a place to pupate,” says Ehrlich Pest Control entomologist Chad Gore, Ph.D. «CBS Local, May 15»

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