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CARBURIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they carburize ... he / she / it carburizes
Past simple: carburized
Past participle: carburized
-ing form: carburizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unite with carbon
Example:
carburize metal
Synonyms:
carbonise; carbonize; carburise; carburize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "carburize" 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:
carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
