"macadamize" meaning in All languages combined

See macadamize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: macadamizes [present, singular, third-person], macadamizing [participle, present], macadamized [participle, past], macadamized [past]
Etymology: After Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam who pioneered this method of road construction around 1820. Head templates: {{en-verb}} macadamize (third-person singular simple present macadamizes, present participle macadamizing, simple past and past participle macadamized)
  1. To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. Wikipedia link: John Loudon McAdam, Macadam Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, McAdamise, McAdamize Related terms: macadamization Translations (Translations): macadamizar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-macadamize-en-verb-es-oo3ur Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 42 8

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} macadamize
  1. inflection of macadamizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: macadamizar
    Sense id: en-macadamize-pt-verb-6yt6ZB8N Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 53 6 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. inflection of macadamizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: macadamizar
    Sense id: en-macadamize-pt-verb-as5lN3wu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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