VASCULARISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascularise mean? 

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

1. become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids

2. make vascular

  Familiarity information: VASCULARISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULARISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vascularise    ... he / she / it vascularises   
Past simple: vascularised   
Past participle: vascularised   
-ing form: vascularising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Context example:

The egg yolk vascularized

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

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

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (make vascular)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make vascular

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Context example:

the yolk sac is gradually vascularized

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

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

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something