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




Past simple: alkalized


Past participle: alkalized


-ing form: alkalizing


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 "alkalize" 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
Antonym:
acidify (turn acidic)
Derivation:
alkali (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)
alkalizer (an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach))
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