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SACCHARIFY (saccharified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saccharify mean?
• SACCHARIFY (verb)
The verb SACCHARIFY has 2 senses:
2. convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
Familiarity information: SACCHARIFY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Past simple: saccharified


Past participle: saccharified


-ing form: saccharifying


Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweeten with sugar
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
saccharify; sugar
Context example:
sugar your tea
Hypernyms (to "saccharify" is one way to...):
dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "saccharify" is one way to...):
hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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