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to oxidize

to oxidize

9 6.1
To join with oxygen, often causing metal to rust or fruit to brown
  • verb
  • /ˈɑksɪˌdaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : oxidar
  • When exposed to oxygen, the fruit will oxidize and turn brown.
  • oxidize ammonia
  • oxidize free acids
  • oxidizing bacteria

But when insulin is low, you do place your system in a position to oxidize more fat.

Examples

  • During the biologically active filtration process, "good bacteria" oxidize the remaining organic molecules.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Mortar around the stone is starting to oxidize from the air we're pumping in.

    Renegades (2017)

  • But when insulin is low, you do place your system in a position to oxidize more fat.

    Andrew Huberman

  • Now we're going to oxidize this carbon nitrogen bond.

  • The copper will oxidize green and fit right in with the natural surroundings.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • This is coming from the air that you're using to oxidize the coal.

  • We extract the oxygen from the air, oxidize it to make oxide ions.

  • You can see that when you cut it, it gets shiny again, but then it quickly oxidizes when it reacts with the water in the air.

  • In addition, plowing exposes the soil to air, which oxidizes the soil and roots.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In both animal and plant tissues, ozone oxidizes the cells at an accelerated rate, thereby causing premature aging.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to oxygenate
vsto oxidize
  • Specialized
7 5.8

To add oxygen to something like water, blood, or wine

focuses on oxygen combining as a chemical reaction rather than supply
to oxidate
vsto oxidize
  • Specialized
1 8.5

To combine with oxygen, for example when metal forms rust

is the broader term for joining oxygen, usually described as a reaction
to oxygenize
vsto oxidize
  • Specialized
7.3

To add oxygen to something like water or blood to help living things

tends to describe the chemical joining with oxygen, not just enriching

Antonyms

to deoxidize
  • Specialized
8.7

To remove oxygen from a substance, often using chemicals

How Oxidized

to burn
∞ 1.0
to oxidize
  • Specialized
9 6.1
to corrode
22 5.6

Surface Forms

oxidize infinitive
oxidized past
oxidized past participle
oxidizing present participle
oxidizes third person singular

Morphology

oxidize = oxide (transparent) = oxid + ize

Formed from the noun 'oxide' with the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize', meaning 'to make or become an oxide', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

The word oxidize comes from oxygen and the ending -ize, where -ize means 'to make'. So, to oxidize is to 'add oxygen' to something, which is what happens when metal rusts or a cut apple turns brown.