"ovalize" meaning in All languages combined

See ovalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: ovalizes [present, singular, third-person], ovalizing [participle, present], ovalized [participle, past], ovalized [past]
Etymology: From oval + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oval|ize}} oval + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} ovalize (third-person singular simple present ovalizes, present participle ovalizing, simple past and past participle ovalized)
  1. Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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