masculinize (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *masculinize*:
VERB	change	masculinize	give a masculine appearance or character to
change	masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise	produce virilism in or cause to assume / assume masculine characteristics / characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

English > *masculinize*: 2 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	Give a masculine appearance or character to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Example	"Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s"
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Similar to	masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise	produce virilism in or cause to assume / assume masculine characteristics / characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

English > *masculinize*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	produce virilism in or cause to assume / assume masculine characteristics / characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Example	"the drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
Synonyms	masculinise, virilize, virilise
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Similar to	masculinize	Give a masculine appearance or character to
Nouns	masculinization	the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)

HyperDic: masculinize