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FLUORIDISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fluoridise mean?
• FLUORIDISE (verb)
The verb FLUORIDISE has 1 sense:
1. subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride
Familiarity information: FLUORIDISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it fluoridises Past simple: fluoridised
Past participle: fluoridised
-ing form: fluoridising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize
Context example:
fluoridize the teeth of children
Hypernyms (to "fluoridise" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fluoridisation (the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay))
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