OXIDATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they oxidate ... he / she / it oxidates

Past simple: oxidated

Past participle: oxidated

-ing form: oxidating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

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

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide)

rust (become coated with oxide)

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)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oxidate"):

catabolise; catabolize (subject to catabolism)

breathe (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

oxidation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

oxidative (taking place in the presence of oxygen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

Example:

This metal oxidizes easily