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OXIDISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

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

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide)

rust (become coated with oxide)

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)

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

catabolise; catabolize (subject to catabolism)

breathe (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked)

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

deoxidise (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)

Derivation:

oxidant (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

oxidisation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

oxidiser (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

Example:

This metal oxidizes easily

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

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

rust (become coated with oxide)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

oxidisation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

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