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ALKALINIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalinize ... he / she / it alkalinizes
Past simple: alkalinized
Past participle: alkalinized
-ing form: alkalinizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (a substance) alkaline
Example:
The oxide is alkalized
Synonyms:
alkalinise; alkalinize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "alkalinize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
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:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become alkaline
Synonyms:
alkalinise; alkalinize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "alkalinize" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
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 frame:
Something ----s
