WOMANIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does womanize mean? 

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

1. have amorous affairs; of men

2. to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

  Familiarity information: WOMANIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOMANIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they womanize    ... he / she / it womanizes   
Past simple: womanized   
Past participle: womanized   
-ing form: womanizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have amorous affairs; of men

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

philander; womanise; womanize

Context example:

He has been womanizing for years

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

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

woman (a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man)

womanizer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

effeminise; effeminize; feminise; feminize; womanize

Context example:

This hairdo feminizes the man

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))