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    DECARBOXYLATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they decarboxylate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decarboxylates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: decarboxylated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: decarboxylated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: decarboxylating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)play

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "decarboxylate" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Verb group:

    decarboxylate (lose a carboxyl group)

    Domain category:

    chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    decarboxylation (the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Lose a carboxyl groupplay

    Example:

    the compound decarboxylated

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "decarboxylate" is one way to...):

    change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

    Verb group:

    decarboxylate (remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound))

    Domain category:

    chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Derivation:

    decarboxylation (the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen))

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