Meaning

4 senses

  1. To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification

  2. To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit

    make alcoholic, as by fermenting

  3. To subject to the influence of alcohol

    subject to the influence of alcohol

  4. (obsolete)To reduce to a fine powder

Translations

4 languages

Forms

alcoholizes, alcoholizing, alcoholized, alcoholized
Base formalcoholize · to alcoholize
3rd person singularalcoholizes
Present participlealcoholizing
Past simplealcoholized
Past participlealcoholized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalcoholize
he, she, italcoholizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsalcoholized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave alcoholized
he, she, ithas alcoholized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alcoholize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make alcoholic, as by fermenting:alcoholise
  • treat or infuse with alcohol:alcoholise

Word family

3 related words
Relatedalcohol
Derivedalcoholizabledealcoholize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alcoholB1alcoholicB1alcoholismB2alcovealderalderman

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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