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FLUORIDATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they fluoridate ... he / she / it fluoridates
Past simple: fluoridated
Past participle: fluoridated
-ing form: fluoridating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride
Example:
fluoridize the teeth of children
Synonyms:
fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "fluoridate" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fluoridation (the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay))
fluoride (a salt of hydrofluoric acid)
