Meaning

2 senses

  1. To oxidize.

  2. To oxygenate.

More definitions
  • dehydrogenate with oxygen
  • change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
  • impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

Forms

oxygenizes, oxygenizing, oxygenized, oxygenized
Base formoxygenize · to oxygenize
3rd person singularoxygenizes
Present participleoxygenizing
Past simpleoxygenized
Past participleoxygenized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoxygenize
he, she, itoxygenizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoxygenized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oxygenize

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dehydrogenate with oxygen:oxygenise
  • change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule):oxygenise
  • impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen:oxygenateoxygeniseaerate

Word family

6 related words
Relatedoxygenizableoxygen
Deriveddeoxygenizeoxygenizementreoxygenizeunoxygenized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oxidationoxideoxidizeoxygenB1oxymoronoyster
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