LIGATE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ligate mean? 

• LIGATE (verb)
  The verb LIGATE has 3 senses:

1. join letters in a ligature when writing
2. bind chemically
3. bind with a bandage or ligature

  Familiarity information: LIGATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGATE (verb)

Meaning:

Join letters in a ligature when writing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Bind chemically

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The enzyme ligated

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

bind (form a chemical bond with)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Bind with a bandage or ligature

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

ligate the artery

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

bandage (dress by covering or binding)

Domain category:

surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something