MAGNETISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetise mean? 

• MAGNETISE (verb)
  The verb MAGNETISE has 2 senses:

1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet

2. make magnetic

  Familiarity information: MAGNETISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they magnetise    ... he / she / it magnetises   
Past simple: magnetised   
Past participle: magnetised   
-ing form: magnetising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attract strongly, as if with a magnet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bewitch; magnetise; magnetize; mesmerise; mesmerize; spellbind

Context example:

She magnetized the audience with her tricks

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

charm; influence; tempt (induce into action by using one's charm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make magnetic

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

magnetise; magnetize

Context example:

The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

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

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

demagnetise (make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of))

Derivation:

magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)

magnetisation (the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently))