LATERALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateralize mean? 

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

1. move or displace to one side so as to make lateral

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lateralize    ... he / she / it lateralizes   
Past simple: lateralized   
Past participle: lateralized   
-ing form: lateralizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or displace to one side so as to make lateral

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

lateralization (localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain)

 Context examples 

It features 25 key-style pegs with holes in various positions in space, and is especially good for testing lateralized brain damage.

(Grooved Pegboard Test, NCI Thesaurus)