English verb: operate on | |||
1. | operate on (body) perform surgery on | ||
Samples | The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life. | ||
Examples | Did he operate on his foot? | ||
Synonyms | operate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | care for, treat | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, face-lift, fix, lift, sterilise, sterilize, trephine, unsex, venesect | ||
Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||