FLUORIDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluoridate mean? 

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

1. subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORIDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fluoridate    ... he / she / it fluoridates   
Past simple: fluoridated   
Past participle: fluoridated   
-ing form: fluoridating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize

Context example:

fluoridize the teeth of children

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

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fluoridation (the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay))

fluoride (a salt of hydrofluoric acid)