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FLUORIDISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluoridise mean? 

FLUORIDISE (verb)
  The verb FLUORIDISE has 1 sense:

1. subject to fluoridation; treat with fluorideplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FLUORIDISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they fluoridise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it fluoridises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: fluoridised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: fluoridised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: fluoridising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "fluoridise" 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:

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


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