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Webster 1913 Edition

Glomerate

Glom′er-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
glomeratus
, p. p. of
glomerare
to glomerate, from
glomus
. See 3d
Glome
.]
Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

Glom′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glomerated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Glomerating
.]
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glomerate

GLOM'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. glomero, from glomus, supra.]
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

Definition 2024

glomerate

glomerate

English

Verb

glomerate ‎(third-person singular simple present glomerates, present participle glomerating, simple past and past participle glomerated)

  1. To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.

Adjective

glomerate ‎(not comparable)

  1. Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

Related terms

Latin

Participle

glomerāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of glomerātus

References

Etymology

Latin glomeratus, past participle of glomerare ‎(“to glomerate”).

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