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MASCULINIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

Example:

the drugs masculinized the teenage girl

Synonyms:

masculinise; masculinize; virilise; virilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "masculinize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

masculinize (give a masculine appearance or character to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

masculinization (the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give a masculine appearance or character to

Example:

Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "masculinize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

masculinise; masculinize; virilise; virilize (produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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