Dictionary Entry
precipitate
precipitate is a 11-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
- 2adjective
Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
- 3adjective
Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
- 4adjective
Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
- 5noun
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.
- 6transitive verb
To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
- 7transitive verb
To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
- 8transitive verb
To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
- 9intransitive verb
To dash or fall headlong.
- 10intransitive verb
To hasten without preparation.
- 11intransitive verb
To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate.
- 12noun
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
- 13verb
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- 14verb
hurl or throw violently
"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
- 15verb
bring about abruptly
"The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
- 16verb
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
- 17verb
fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Synonyms
- 18adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"
"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"
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