Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To treat or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound.

    treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

  2. (transitive)To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism.

    convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria

  3. (intransitive)To become nitre.

Forms

nitrifies, nitrifying, nitrified, nitrified
Base formnitrify · to nitrify
3rd person singularnitrifies
Present participlenitrifying
Past simplenitrified
Past participlenitrified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynitrify
he, she, itnitrifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsnitrified

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nitrify

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
denitrify

Word family

7 related words
Relatednitrificationnitrous acidnitric acidnitratenitrogen
Derivednitrifiablenitrifier

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nitratenitricnitritenitrogennitrous
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