carburate
English
Verb
carburate (third-person singular simple present carburates, present participle carburating, simple past and past participle carburated)
- Alternative form of carburet.
- It can be a real challenge to get things to carburate right after something as simple as an exhaust pipe change.
- 1913, Albert L. Clough, A Dictionary of Automobile Terms:
- One jet is constantly open and exposed to the suction of the incoming air and suffices to furnish the gasoline required properly to carburate the air entering at small and moderate gas demands.
Related terms
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
carburate
- inflection of carburare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
carburate f pl
- feminine plural of carburato
Spanish
Verb
carburate