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membraned

membraned

7.6
Having a thin soft layer like the skin around an egg
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛmˌbreɪnd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : membranoso
  • His research focused on plants with membraned leaves that help retain moisture.

Examples

  • The membraned structure of the frog's skin allows it to breathe through its body.

  • These are very membranous wrappings around membrane, very fatty membrane lipid stuff which happens to be white in colour.

  • The scientist noted that the membraned cells were essential for the organism's survival.

Synonyms

membranous
vsmembraned
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Made of a thin, flexible layer that covers or separates parts of the body

is the state of being covered specifically by such a layer
tunicated
vsmembraned
  • Specialized
9.8

Having a protective outer layer like an onion bulb

means being covered by a thin flexible layer rather than a sheath

Antonyms

bare
217 2.2

Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface

uncovered
  • NSFW
1.9

Not wearing clothes on a part of the body

How Membranous

membraned
  • Specialized
7.6
membranous
  • Specialized
1 7.4
membrane-forming
  • Specialized
6.4
membraneless
  • Specialized
6.8

Surface Forms

membraned positive

Morphology

membraned = membrane (transparent) = membrane + ed

Direct adjective formed from 'membrane' with the adjectival/participial suffix '-ed', so learners who know 'membrane' and English '-ed' should infer 'having or covered by a membrane'.

Etymology

The word membraned comes from membrane, which means a thin 'skin' or 'layer' that covers something. So if something is membraned, it is covered by that thin skin, like a cell or an egg, protecting or separating what is inside.