CRYSTALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crystalize mean? 

• CRYSTALIZE (verb)
  The verb CRYSTALIZE has 4 senses:

1. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

2. cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

3. assume crystalline form; become crystallized

4. cause to take on a definite and clear shape

  Familiarity information: CRYSTALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYSTALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they crystalize    ... he / she / it crystalizes   
Past simple: crystalized   
Past participle: crystalized   
-ing form: crystalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out

Context example:

Clear up the question of who is at fault

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

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize

Context example:

crystallize minerals

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

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Cause:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallize; effloresce (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

crystal (a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces)

crystal (colorless glass made of almost pure silica)

crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Assume crystalline form; become crystallized

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallize; effloresce

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

solidify (become solid)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crystalize"):

devitrify (become crystalline)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

crystal (a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces)

crystal (colorless glass made of almost pure silica)

crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to take on a definite and clear shape

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize

Context example:

He tried to crystallize his thoughts

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

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

The researchers said this can best be explained if the moon's outer shell is stiff, as would be the case if the ocean were slowly crystalizing and turning to ice.

(Ocean on Saturn moon could be as salty as the Dead Sea, NASA)

The full moon of November 12 in Taurus 20 degrees will crystalize your plans for a relationship if you are in a serious relationship.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Or a promise you made to your partner a while ago can now crystalize.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is the only full moon of the year in Leo, and it will crystalize something of great importance to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is the only full moon of 2020 that will focus on your professional advancement, and it should be a moment when you crystalize a big career goal.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)