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Meaning of "salivate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SALIVATE

salivate  [ˈsælɪˌveɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALIVATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Salivate 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 salivate in English.

WHAT DOES SALIVATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

salivate

Saliva

Saliva is a watery substance located in the mouths of animals, secreted by the salivary glands. Human saliva is 99.5% water, while the other 0.5% consists of electrolytes, mucus, glycoproteins, enzymes, and antibacterial compounds such as secretory IgA and lysozyme. The enzymes found in saliva are essential in beginning the process of digestion of dietary starches and fats. These enzymes also play a role in breaking down food particles entrapped within dental crevices, protecting teeth from bacterial decay. Furthermore, saliva serves a lubricative function, wetting food and permitting the initiation of swallowing, and protecting the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity from desiccation. Various species have special uses for saliva that go beyond predigestion. Some swifts use their gummy saliva to build nests. Aerodramus nests are prized for use in bird's nest soup. Cobras, vipers, and certain other members of the venom clade hunt with venomous saliva injected by fangs. Some arthropods, such as spiders and caterpillars, create thread from salivary glands.

Definition of salivate in the English dictionary

The definition of salivate in the dictionary is to secrete saliva, esp an excessive amount. Other definition of salivate is to cause to produce saliva, as by the administration of mercury.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SALIVATE

PRESENT

Present
I salivate
you salivate
he/she/it salivates
we salivate
you salivate
they salivate
Present continuous
I am salivating
you are salivating
he/she/it is salivating
we are salivating
you are salivating
they are salivating
Present perfect
I have salivated
you have salivated
he/she/it has salivated
we have salivated
you have salivated
they have salivated
Present perfect continuous
I have been salivating
you have been salivating
he/she/it has been salivating
we have been salivating
you have been salivating
they have been salivating
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 salivated
you salivated
he/she/it salivated
we salivated
you salivated
they salivated
Past continuous
I was salivating
you were salivating
he/she/it was salivating
we were salivating
you were salivating
they were salivating
Past perfect
I had salivated
you had salivated
he/she/it had salivated
we had salivated
you had salivated
they had salivated
Past perfect continuous
I had been salivating
you had been salivating
he/she/it had been salivating
we had been salivating
you had been salivating
they had been salivating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you salivate
we let´s salivate
you salivate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to salivate
Past participle
salivated
Present Participle
salivating
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 SALIVATE


activate
ˈæktɪˌveɪt
aestivate
ˈiːstɪˌveɪt
captivate
ˈkæptɪˌveɪt
cocultivate
ˌkəʊˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
cultivate
ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
deactivate
diːˈæktɪˌveɪt
derivate
ˈderɪˌveɪt
elevate
ˈɛlɪˌveɪt
estivate
ˈiːstɪˌveɪt
inactivate
ɪnˈæktɪˌveɪt
insalivate
ɪnˈsælɪˌveɪt
motivate
ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
passivate
ˈpæsɪˌveɪt
radioactivate
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪˌveɪt
reactivate
rɪˈæktɪˌveɪt
recultivate
riːˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
reelevate
riːˈɛlɪˌveɪt
remotivate
riːˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
titivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt
tittivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALIVATE

salinisation
salinity
salinization
salinize
salinometer
salinometric
salinometry
Salique
Salisbury
Salisbury Plain
Salish
Salishan
saliva
salival
salivary
salivary gland
salivation
salivator
salix

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALIVATE

aggravate
buck private
clavate
cravate
demotivate
enervate
excavate
in private
innervate
innovate
khedivate
obovate
ovate
private
pyruvate
renovate
savate
semiprivate
solvate
subovate

Synonyms and antonyms of salivate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «salivate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALIVATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

流口水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

salivar
570 millions of speakers

English

salivate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राल निकालना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سال لعابه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слюнотечение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salivar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রচুর লালা নির্গত হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saliver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salivate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sabbern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

よだれを垂らす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salivate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chảy nước dai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உமிழ் நீர் ஊற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाळ करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tükürük salgılamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salivare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślinić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слинотеча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saliva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαλιώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speekselafskeiding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

salivate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of salivate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALIVATE»

The term «salivate» is regularly used and occupies the 105.898 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALIVATE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALIVATE»

Discover the use of salivate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to salivate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Did you intend to salivate or did it happen involuntarily? • Try vividly imaging the scene again and not salivating. How successful • were you? If you were to engage in an experiment, and every day for a week you were • to spend 10 minutes ...
Kevin A. Fall, Janice Miner Holden, Andre Marquis, 2011
2
Counselling Athletes: Applying Reversal Theory
N. Inhibition isalso central inthetheory of conditioning proposed by I. P. Pavlov ( 1926/1960). Hisbasicexperimental designis well known: a bell is rung anda dog is given food, and this processis repeated until the dog begins to salivate as soon  ...
John Kerr, 2002
3
Using Psychology in Management Training: The Psychological ...
Pavlov had known for a long time that when dogs are fed, their digestive glands start to function and they salivate. What he began to observe in the course of his research was that the dogs in his lab began to salivate before they were fed, ...
David A. Statt, 2002
4
Your Dog Is Your Mirror: The Emotional Capacity of Our Dogs ...
So I asked Cara, “When you think about food, do you salivate at your maximum output? For example, when a young child asks for an ice cream cone and his mother says yes, does he start drooling in anticipation as they cross the street to get ...
Kevin Behan, 2012
5
Kaplan GRE Subject Test: Psychology
For example, when food powder is placed into dogs' mouths, they reflexively salivate. The dogs don't learn this; it is reflexive. However, a specific type of stimulus is required in order for the salivation to occur. Dogs don't just naturally salivate ...
Kaplan, 2010
6
PSYCH
But his efforts were hampered by the dogs' annoying tendency to salivate at undesired times, such as when a laboratory assistant was clumsy and banged the metal food trays. Just as you salivate after you've taken a big bite of cake, a dog ...
Spencer Rathus, 2011
7
Kaplan GRE Exam Subject Test: Psychology 2009-2010 Edition
For example, when food powder is placed into dogs' mouths, they reflexively salivate. The dogs don't learn this; it is reflexive. However, a specific type of stimulus is required in order for the salivation to occur. Dogs don't just naturally salivate ...
Kaplan, 2008
8
Psychology: Concepts and Connections, Brief Version
He found out that he could train, or condition, his dogs to salivate in response to any stimulus. In his initial experiments, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate when he sounded a tone. Pavlov termed these trained salivary responses “conditional ...
Spencer A. Rathus, 2006
9
What is Psychology? Essentials
5.1. Pavlov's Original Experiment The dog was held in the harness and food was placed before it. The presence of the food (unconditioned stimulus, or US) caused the dog to salivate (unconditioned response, or UR). After a while, cues in the ...
Ellen Pastorino, Susann Doyle-Portillo, 2012
10
Smart Trainers
Pavlov observed that offering meat powder to dogs caused them to salivate. He also observed that if the meat powder was systematically offered by lab workers at a given time, the dogs would begin to salivate at the sight of the workers ...
Janet Lewis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALIVATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term salivate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Binay: P-Noy making people salivate on 'anointed one'
They are making people salivate over who it is,” Binay told The STAR at the 50th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines-Davao City chapter over the ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
Tasmanians salivate over chocolate paintings good enough to eat
Tasmanians salivate over chocolate paintings good enough to eat. By Sallese Gibson. Posted 7 Jul 2015, 3:37amTue 7 Jul 2015, 3:37am. Beverley McNamara ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
Obama & Biden Salivate Over Disastrous Corporate Trade Deal
Fast-track authority for President Obama's disastrous trade agenda was passed in the Senate yesterday. After it passed the Senate, the White House posted this ... «Ring of Fire, Jun 15»
4
Blackhawks, Chicago fans salivate: 'The Stanley Cup is in the building'
Blackhawks, Chicago fans salivate: 'The Stanley Cup is in the building'. There are no guarantees, but the Hawks go into Game 6 leading Tampa Bay 3-2. «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
5
Seven employee benefits that will make you salivate with envy
Trouncing the UK government's measures for shared parental leave, Virgin Group revealed this week that it has offered staff up to one year's paternity on full ... «Chartered Management Institute, Jun 15»
6
Here Are Two New True Detective Teasers to Salivate Over
As if we weren't already excited for the return ofTrue Detective, HBO released two new teasers for the anticipated second season. Colin Farrell's mustache aside ... «TV Guide, Jun 15»
7
Drive-Bys Salivate Over Impending Supreme Court Ruling on …
RUSH: I mentioned earlier the Drive-Bys are salivating over a Supreme Court decision that they think could come any day. And we are nearing the end of the ... «RushLimbaugh.com, May 15»
8
Germans salivate over big Iran business
Germans salivate over big Iran business. Home · Iran · Economy. Mon May 18, 2015 5:42AM. Der Spiegel says the federal government expects a strong ... «Press TV, May 15»
9
NASA's Latest Test Video Is Sure to Make Any Pyromaniac Salivate
NASA has inched one step closer to exploring “deep space destinations,” including asteroids and even Mars. The space agency on Wednesday heated a ... «TheBlaze.com, Mar 15»
10
Jets fans can salivate as Bowles-Maccagnan plan becomes clear
New Jets GM Mike Maccagnan (top right) and coach Todd Bowles (bottom right) have shown early signs — such as trading for Brandon Marshall — that they are ... «New York Post, Mar 15»

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