Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.

    oxidieren

    add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

  2. To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.

  3. To coat something with an oxide.

  4. (intransitive)To become oxidized.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Don't leave the metal exposed to the air or it will oxidize.

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  2. The black tea has more tannin since black tea leaves are more oxidized.

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  3. In redox reactions, the oxidizing agent is the electron acceptor and becomes reduced.

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  4. As it oxidizes, the color turns blue and finally becomes a brilliant reddish-purple hue.

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  5. The Collins reagent is used to oxidize primary alcohols into aldehydes.

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Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to combine with oxygen:

Forms

oxidizes, oxidizing, oxidized, oxidized
Base formoxidize · to oxidize
3rd person singularoxidizes
Present participleoxidizing
Past simpleoxidized
Past participleoxidized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoxidize
he, she, itoxidizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoxidized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oxidize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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