HOMOGENIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homogenize mean? 

• HOMOGENIZE (verb)
  The verb HOMOGENIZE has 3 senses:

1. cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

2. break up the fat globules of

3. become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

  Familiarity information: HOMOGENIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOGENIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they homogenize    ... he / she / it homogenizes   
Past simple: homogenized   
Past participle: homogenized   
-ing form: homogenizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

homogenize the main ingredients

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

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)

Verb group:

homogenise; homogenize (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

homogenization (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Break up the fat globules of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

homogenized milk

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

curdle (turn into curds)

Derivation:

homogenization (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homogenise; homogenize

Context example:

The two liquids homogenized in the blender

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

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

Verb group:

homogenise; homogenize (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

homogenization (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)

 Context examples 

An autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is produced experimentally in animals by the injection of homogenized brain or spinal cord in Freund's adjuvant.

(Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis, NCI Thesaurus)