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    HYDROLISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

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

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

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

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

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysisplay

    Synonyms:

    hydrolise; hydrolize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

    Cause:

    hydrolyse; hydrolyze (undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hydrolise"):

    saccharify (convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate)

    Sentence frames:

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

    Derivation:

    hydrolysis (a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water)

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