PRESSURIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pressurize mean? 

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

1. increase the pressure on a gas or liquid

2. maintain a certain pressure

3. increase the pressure in or of

  Familiarity information: PRESSURIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESSURIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pressurize    ... he / she / it pressurizes   
Past simple: pressurized   
Past participle: pressurized   
-ing form: pressurizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

pressurise; pressurize; supercharge

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pressure (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Maintain a certain pressure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

pressurise; pressurize

Context example:

pressurize a space suit

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

hold; keep; maintain (cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., 'keep clean')

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pressure (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increase the pressure in or of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

pressurise; pressurize

Context example:

The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort

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

adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

depressurize (decrease the pressure of)

Derivation:

pressure (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

 Context examples 

The use of a pressurized chamber for the delivery of oxygen in higher concentrations for therapeutic benefit.

(Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

But even state-of-the-art artificial leaves, which hold promise in reducing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, only work in the laboratory because they use pure, pressurized carbon dioxide from tanks.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A non-pressurized dosage form consisting of valves which allow the dispensing of a specified quantity of spray upon each activation.

(Metered Spray Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A pressurized dosage form consisting of metered dose valves which allow for the delivery of a uniform quantity of spray upon each activation.

(Metered Aerosol Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

We tend to think of these hydrocarbons as a gas on Earth, unless they're pressurized in a tank.

(Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes, NASA)

The team thus hypothesized that the tight-fitting nucleus might be pulled forward like a piston by actomyosin contractions to pressurize the front of the cell and form lobopodia.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.

(Nasal Turbinate, NCI Thesaurus)

Unhooking the pressurized carbon dioxide supply from these leaves means that they must have a way to collect and concentrate carbon dioxide from the air to drive their artificial photosynthetic reactions.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)