| VERB | motion | sublimate | direct energy or urges into useful activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | sublimate, rarefy, subtilize | make more subtle or refined | |
| change | sublimate, purify, make pure, distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | |
| change | sublimate, sublime | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | |
| change | sublimate, sublime | vaporize and then condense right back again | |
| NOUN | substance | sublimate | the product of vaporization of a solid |
| ADJECTIVE | all | sublimate | made pure |
| Meaning | made pure. | |
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| Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| Spanish | purificado, refinado, sublimado | |
| Meaning | The product of vaporization of a solid. | |
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| Narrower | mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate | A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury |
| Broader | gas | A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely |
| Spanish | sublimado | |
| Catalan | sublimat | |
| Verbs | sublimate | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
| sublimate | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | |
| sublime, sublimate | vaporize and then condense right back again | |
| Meaning | direct energy or urges into useful activities. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Narrower | desexualize, desexualise | direct one's libidinous urges into another direction |
| Broader | redirect, airt | channel into a new direction |
| Spanish | sublimar | |
| Nouns | sublimation | (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable |
| Meaning | make more subtle or refined. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | rarefy, subtilize | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | sutilizar | |
| Catalan | subtilitzar | |
| Meaning | Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | purify, make pure, distill | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | purge | Rid of impurities |
| refine, rectify | Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Similar to | distill, distil | Undergo the process of distillation |
| Spanish | destilar, purificar, sublimar | |
| Catalan | destil·lar, purificar | |
| Nouns | sublimate | the product of vaporization of a solid |
| Meaning | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | sublime | |
| Broader | gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify | Turn into gas |
| Spanish | sublimar | |
| Nouns | sublimate | the product of vaporization of a solid |
| sublimation | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid | |
| Meaning | vaporize and then condense right back again. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | sublime | |
| Entails | condense | Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid / liquid |
| evaporate, vaporize, vaporise | Lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | |
| Narrower | resublime | sublime (a compound) once again |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | sublimar | |
| Catalan | sublimar | |
| Participle | sublimated | passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid / liquid |
| Nouns | sublimate | the product of vaporization of a solid |
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