NASALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasalize mean? 

• NASALIZE (verb)
  The verb NASALIZE has 2 senses:

1. speak nasally or through the nose

2. pronounce with a lowered velum

  Familiarity information: NASALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nasalize    ... he / she / it nasalizes   
Past simple: nasalized   
Past participle: nasalized   
-ing form: nasalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak nasally or through the nose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

nasalise; nasalize

Context example:

In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize

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

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Verb group:

nasalise; nasalize (pronounce with a lowered velum)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

nasalization (the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pronounce with a lowered velum

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

nasalise; nasalize

Context example:

She nasalizes all her vowels

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

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Verb group:

nasalise; nasalize (speak nasally or through the nose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

nasalization (the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators)