English > oxidize: 2 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | oxidise, oxidate |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
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| Entailed by | nitrify | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria |
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| Narrower | breathe | reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked |
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| catabolize, catabolise | subject to catabolism |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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| 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 |
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| Similar to | oxidise, oxidize, oxidate | Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
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| rust | Become coated / coated with oxide |
| Spanish | oxidarse, oxidar |
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| Catalan | oxidar-se, oxidar |
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| Participle | oxidized | combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen |
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| Nouns | oxidant, oxidizer | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
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| oxide | any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical |
| oxidization | the process of oxidizing |
