HOMOGENISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homogenise mean? 

• HOMOGENISE (verb)
  The verb HOMOGENISE has 3 senses:

1. break up the fat globules of

2. become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

3. cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

  Familiarity information: HOMOGENISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOGENISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they homogenise    ... he / she / it homogenises   
Past simple: homogenised   
Past participle: homogenised   
-ing form: homogenising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Break up the fat globules of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

homogenized milk

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

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

curdle (turn into curds)

Derivation:

homogenisation (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

The two liquids homogenized in the blender

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

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

homogenise; homogenize (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

curdle (turn into curds)

Derivation:

homogenisation (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

homogenize the main ingredients

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

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)

Verb group:

homogenise; homogenize (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

homogenisation (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)