OXIDISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxidise mean? 

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

1. add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

2. enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

  Familiarity information: OXIDISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXIDISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they oxidise    ... he / she / it oxidises   
Past simple: oxidised   
Past participle: oxidised   
-ing form: oxidising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

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

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide)

rust (become coated with oxide)

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)

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

catabolise; catabolize (subject to catabolism)

breathe (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked)

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

deoxidise (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)

Derivation:

oxidant (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

oxidisation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

oxidiser (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Context example:

This metal oxidizes easily

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

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

rust (become coated with oxide)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

oxidisation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

 Context examples 

Volcanic emissions in Earth’s deep past may have made the atmosphere more oxidising than we thought.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When titania is exposed to sunlight, it degrades harmful nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds present at the surface, oxidising them into inert or harmless products.

(Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution, University of Cambridge)

As well as being cooler, the emissions from the large gas bubbles were more oxidised than expected – they had higher proportions of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)