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etiolate   (TTS Sound)

The verb etiolate has 3 senses

• etiolate -- (make weak by stunting the growth or development of)


• etiolate -- (bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight)


• etiolate -- (make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin")

The adj etiolate has 1 sense

• etiolate, etiolated, blanched -- ((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery")