ALCOHOLIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alcoholize mean? 

• ALCOHOLIZE (verb)
  The verb ALCOHOLIZE has 3 senses:

1. subject to the influence of alcohol

2. treat or infuse with alcohol

3. make alcoholic, as by fermenting

  Familiarity information: ALCOHOLIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALCOHOLIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they alcoholize    ... he / she / it alcoholizes   
Past simple: alcoholized   
Past participle: alcoholized   
-ing form: alcoholizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to the influence of alcohol

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized

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

regale; treat (provide with choice or abundant food or drink)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat or infuse with alcohol

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alcoholise; alcoholize

Context example:

alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator

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

impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

alcohol (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make alcoholic, as by fermenting

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alcoholise; alcoholize

Context example:

alcoholize prunes

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

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

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

alcohol (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)