OXIDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxidate mean? 

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

1. enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

2. add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

  Familiarity information: OXIDATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXIDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they oxidate    ... he / she / it oxidates   
Past simple: oxidated   
Past participle: oxidated   
-ing form: oxidating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Context example:

This metal oxidizes easily

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oxidate"):

rust (become coated with oxide)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

oxidation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

oxidative (taking place in the presence of oxygen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide)

rust (become coated with oxide)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oxidate"):

catabolise; catabolize (subject to catabolism)

breathe (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

oxidation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

oxidative (taking place in the presence of oxygen)

 Context examples 

This agent is auto-oxidated at physiological pH that leads to the formation of reactive free radicals, thereby leading to cytotoxicity in neural cells. 6-Hydroxydopamine is often used to induce CNS and sympathetic neural lesions that model aging and various nervous disorders in animal systems.

(Oxidopamine, NCI Thesaurus)