| VERB | change | oxidise, oxidize, oxidate | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
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| change | oxidise, oxidize, oxidate | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| Meaning | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | oxidize, oxidate | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Entailed by | nitrify | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria |
| Narrower | breathe | reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked |
| catabolize, catabolise | subject to catabolism | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| change, alter, modify | Cause to change | |
| Opposite | deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce | To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase / increase / increase in the number of electrons |
| Similar to | oxidise, oxidize, oxidate | Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| rust | Become coated / coated with oxide | |
| Spanish | oxidarse, oxidar | |
| Catalan | oxidar-se, oxidar | |
| Participle | oxidised | combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen |
| Nouns | oxidant, oxidiser | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxide | any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical | |
| oxidisation | the process of oxidizing | |
| Meaning | Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | oxidize, oxidate | |
| Narrower | rust | Become coated / coated with oxide |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | oxidize, oxidise, oxidate | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
| Nouns | oxidisation | the process of oxidizing |
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