Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To undergo catabolism.

    subject to catabolism

  2. (transitive)To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism.

  3. (transitive)To produce (a substance) by catabolism.

Origin

From catabol(ism) + -ize.

From catabol(ism) + -ize.

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Forms

catabolizes, catabolizing, catabolized, catabolized
Base formcatabolize · to catabolize
3rd person singularcatabolizes
Present participlecatabolizing
Past simplecatabolized
Past participlecatabolized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycatabolize
he, she, itcatabolizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscatabolized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill catabolize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedcataboliccatabolizationmetabolizecatabolism
Derivedcatabolizableuncatabolized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
casualtycatA1cataclysmcatacombcatalogueB2
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