geminate

geminate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
2. transitive verb. To double.
3. noun. a doubled or long consonant

   "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"

4. verb. arrange or combine in pairs

   "The consonants are geminated in these words"

5. verb. arrange in pairs

   "Pair these numbers"

   Synonyms: pair

6. verb. occur in pairs

   Synonyms: pair

7. verb. form by reduplication

   "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"

   "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"

   Synonyms: reduplicate

Synonyms

pair, reduplicate

Common word forms

geminated, geminates, geminately, geminating

Words from these letters

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