ALKALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalize mean? 

• ALKALIZE (verb)
  The verb ALKALIZE has 1 sense:

1. turn basic and less acidic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they alkalize    ... he / she / it alkalizes   
Past simple: alkalized   
Past participle: alkalized   
-ing form: alkalizing   

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 "alkalize" 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

Antonym:

acidify (turn acidic)

Derivation:

alkali (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)

alkalizer (an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach))