oxidize

oxidize is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 24 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent.
2. transitive verb. To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
3. transitive verb. To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.
4. transitive verb. To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.
5. verb. add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

   Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise

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

   "This metal oxidizes easily"

   Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise

Synonyms

oxidate, oxidise

Common word forms

oxidized, oxidizer, oxidizes, oxidizing, oxidizement

Words from these letters

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