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geminate
 
Noun geminate has 1 sense
  1. geminate - a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
    --1 is a kind of     consonant
Verb geminate has 4 senses
  1. reduplicate, geminate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
    --1 is one way to duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. pair, geminate - occur in pairs
    --2 is one way to occur
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. pair, geminate - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
    --3 is one way to arrange, set up
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"
    --4 is one way to     double, duplicate
    Derived form: noun gemination1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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