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to oxygenate

to oxygenate

7 5.8
To add oxygen to something like water, blood, or wine
  • verb
  • /ˈɑksɪdʒəˌneɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : oxigenar
  • Another advantage of a recirculation system is that as wastewater moves through the filter, it becomes oxygenated.
  • oxygenated blood
  • oxygenate the water
  • well-oxygenated

Our blood's, you know, blood's not efficiently sort of oxygenating our organs.

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Examples

  • The rest are beneficial because they oxygenate the water.

    Academic text (2003)
  • It oxygenates the room, helps you think, relieves stress.

  • In longer events, I will lead you through some of the ways where we oxygenate the cells.

  • For now, we're just going to oxygenate round one.

  • I can have the first stage ready to oxygenate in 10 minutes.

  • This will improve your, all your overall sort of sense of well-being and oxygenate your system.

  • So again, beets work because they oxygenate and build your blood, which then supports your brain.

  • Oxygenating it opens it up.

  • Migratory salmonoids require cool, well-oxygenated water in which to spawn.

  • The device is designed to oxygenate the blood of patients with respiratory issues.

Synonyms

to oxidize
vsto oxygenate
  • Specialized
9 6.1

To join with oxygen, often causing metal to rust or fruit to brown

focuses on adding oxygen without implying a chemical change
to aerate
vsto oxygenate
5 4.5

To put air into something, for example soil or liquid

refers specifically to adding or enriching with oxygen instead of air
to oxidate
vsto oxygenate
  • Specialized
1 8.5

To combine with oxygen, for example when metal forms rust

is broader, covering adding oxygen without chemical implication
to oxygenize
vsto oxygenate
  • Specialized
7.3

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

has identical meaning but differs only as a variant form

How Oxygenated

to oxygenate
  • Specialized
7 5.8
to aerate
5 4.5
to air
20 1.0

Surface Forms

oxygenate infinitive
oxygenated past
oxygenated past participle
oxygenating present participle
oxygenates third person singular

Morphology

oxygenate = oxygen (transparent) = oxygen + ate

The verb is directly formed from the noun 'oxygen' with the verbal suffix '-ate', meaning to supply or enrich with oxygen.

Etymology

The word oxygenate comes from oxygen, the life-giving gas, and the ending -ate, like in hydrate, which means 'to make or add', so to oxygenate something is to 'add oxygen' or make it full of oxygen.