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Invaginate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To enclose or become enclosed in or as if in a sheath.

v. To turn or become turned inward.

v. To infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.

v. To turn or fold inwardly.

v. Infolding to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula.

adj. sheathed

adj. Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.

adj. Sheathed.

adj. Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To sheathe; insert or receive as into a sheath; introvert: opposed to evaginate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. fold inwards

v. sheathe

Word Usage

"When they wheel and dance like miniature starlings, the consequence is that three-dimensional shapes are formed, as tissues invaginate in response to the movements of cells;* or swell or shrink due to local patterns of growth and cell death."

Equivalent

invaginated

Verb Form

invaginated invaginates invaginating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sheathe

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sheathed revers