ALKALINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalinize mean? 

• ALKALINIZE (verb)
  The verb ALKALINIZE has 2 senses:

1. become alkaline

2. make (a substance) alkaline

  Familiarity information: ALKALINIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALINIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalinize    ... he / she / it alkalinizes   
Past simple: alkalinized   
Past participle: alkalinized   
-ing form: alkalinizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become alkaline

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alkalinise; alkalinize

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

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 frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make (a substance) alkaline

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alkalinise; alkalinize

Context example:

The oxide is alkalized

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

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

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:

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

 Context examples 

Usually the alkalinizing agent(s) acts as a proton acceptor, neutralizing the acidity of a biologic environment (skin, gastric content, urine, etc.) and raising the pH.

(Alkalinizing Agent Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

Natural or synthetic Anti-ulcer Agents relieve and reduce the symptoms of ulcers in the stomach and upper small intestine, systemically and locally, by reducing gastric secretion (proton pump inhibitors), neutralizing hyperacidity (alkalinizing agents), or improving healing and protecting the mucosa (sucralfate).

(Anti-ulcer Agent, NCI Thesaurus)