SACCHARIFY (saccharified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: saccharified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does saccharify mean? 

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

1. sweeten with sugar

2. convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate

  Familiarity information: SACCHARIFY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACCHARIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they saccharify    ... he / she / it saccharifies   
Past simple: saccharified   
Past participle: saccharified   
-ing form: saccharifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweeten with sugar

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

saccharify; sugar

Context example:

sugar your tea

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

dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

Sentence frames:

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