GLOMERATE

Etymology

Verb

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

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

Adjective

glomerate (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

• algometer, geometral

Source: Wiktionary


Glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome.]

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

Glom"er*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Glomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Glomerating.]

Definition: To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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