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ALKALIFY
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Irregular inflected form: alkalified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalify ... he / she / it alkalifies
Past simple: alkalified
Past participle: alkalified
-ing form: alkalifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn basic and less acidic
Example:
the solution alkalized
Synonyms:
alkalify; alkalise; alkalize; basify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "alkalify" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
alkali (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)
alkali (a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture)
