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ALKALIFY (alkalified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalify mean?
• ALKALIFY (verb)
The verb ALKALIFY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ALKALIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: alkalified


Past participle: alkalified


-ing form: alkalifying


Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn basic and less acidic
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
alkalify; alkalise; alkalize; basify
Context example:
the solution alkalized
Hypernyms (to "alkalify" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
alkali (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)
alkali (a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture)
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