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




Past simple: alkalised


Past participle: alkalised


-ing form: alkalising


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 "alkalise" 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:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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