ANATOMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anatomize mean? 

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

1. dissect in order to analyze

2. analyze down to the smallest detail

  Familiarity information: ANATOMIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANATOMIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they anatomize    ... he / she / it anatomizes   
Past simple: anatomized   
Past participle: anatomized   
-ing form: anatomizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dissect in order to analyze

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anatomise; anatomize

Context example:

anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease

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

dissect (cut open or cut apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Analyze down to the smallest detail

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior

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

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

anatomy (a detailed analysis)