fumigate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/
Etymology
First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, perfect passive participle of fūmigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūmus (“smoke”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
‘Pest control are coming too. They’ll be fumigating the place.’
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 87:They fumigated the Church with burnt wool and feathers instead of incense, put foul water into the holy-water basins, and celebrated a parody on the Church-service, the mock Abbot officiating at the altar; […]
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 319:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fumigating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fumigated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fumigated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fumigates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fumigation · refumigation · fumigator · fumigatable · unfumigated · refumigate · fumigable
Translations (22)
bg опушвам (disinfect) · la fūmigō (disinfect) · de ausräuchern (disinfect) · fr fumiger (disinfect) · eo fumigacii (disinfect) · tl suubin (disinfect) · ca fumigar (disinfect) · vo sesmokädön (disinfect) · pt fumigar (disinfect) · nl uitroken (disinfect) · es fumigar (disinfect) · cmn 熏製 (disinfect) · cmn 香薰 (disinfect) · grc θειόω (disinfect) · ja 消毒する (disinfect) · cmn 消毒 (disinfect) · mi tāpoa (disinfect) · da desinficere (disinfecting) (disinfect) · fi desinfioida (disinfect) · ru оку́ривать (disinfect) · fi savustaa (disinfect) · da gasse (disinfect)