SOLVATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solvate mean? 

• SOLVATE (noun)
  The noun SOLVATE has 1 sense:

1. a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)

  Familiarity information: SOLVATE used as a noun is very rare.

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

1. cause a solvation in (a substance)

2. undergo solvation or convert into a solvate

  Familiarity information: SOLVATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLVATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("solvate" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Derivation:

solvate (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)

solvate (cause a solvation in (a substance))

• SOLVATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they solvate    ... he / she / it solvates   
Past simple: solvated   
Past participle: solvated   
-ing form: solvating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause a solvation in (a substance)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Cause:

solvate (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)

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)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

solvate (a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute))

solvation (a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound)

solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergo solvation or convert into a solvate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

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)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

solvate (a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute))

solvation (a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound)

solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)