PUPATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they pupate ... he / she / it pupates

Past simple: pupated

Past participle: pupated

-ing form: pupating

Meaning:

Develop into a pupa

Example:

the insect larva pupate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "pupate" is one way to...):

acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

pupa (an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult)