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ALKALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalise mean? 

ALKALISE (verb)
  The verb ALKALISE has 1 sense:

1. turn basic and less acidicplay

  Familiarity information: ALKALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALKALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it alkalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: alkalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: alkalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: alkalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn basic and less acidic

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alkalify; alkalise; alkalize; basify

Context example:

the solution alkalized

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

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

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:

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


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