ALKALINISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalinise mean? 

• ALKALINISE (verb)
  The verb ALKALINISE has 2 senses:

1. become alkaline

2. make (a substance) alkaline

  Familiarity information: ALKALINISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALINISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalinise    ... he / she / it alkalinises   
Past simple: alkalinised   
Past participle: alkalinised   
-ing form: alkalinising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become alkaline

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alkalinise; alkalinize

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make (a substance) alkaline

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alkalinise; alkalinize

Context example:

The oxide is alkalized

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

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

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