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    FLUORIDISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

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

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

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

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

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluorideplay

    Example:

    fluoridize the teeth of children

    Synonyms:

    fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "fluoridise" 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:

    fluoridisation (the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay))

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