"acidify" meaning in English

See acidify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acidify.wav Forms: acidifies [present, singular, third-person], acidifying [participle, present], acidified [participle, past], acidified [past]
Etymology: From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|acid|ify}} acid + -ify, {{uder|en|la|acidus||sour, acid}} Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), {{cog|fr|acidifier}} French acidifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemical processes Translations (to make something acidic): подкислявам (podkisljavam) (Bulgarian), acidificar (Catalan), 酸化 (suānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), verzuren (Dutch), happamoittaa (Finnish), happamoitua (Finnish), hapottaa (Finnish), hapottua (Finnish), acidifier (French), säuern (German), acidificar (Interlingua), aigéadaigh (Irish), acidificare (Italian), whakakawa (Maori), whakawaikawa (Maori), acidificar (Occitan), acidificar (Portuguese), acidifica (Romanian), окисля́ть (okisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оки́слить (okíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подкисля́ть (podkisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подки́слить (podkíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), acidificar (Spanish), syra (Swedish), försura (english: land or water) (Swedish), asideiddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-nM1zKlFT Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 33 38 30 Disambiguation of 'to make something acidic': 80 20 0
  2. To neutralize alkalis. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Acids, Chemical processes, Chemical reactions Translations (to neutralize alkalis): неутрализирам (neutraliziram) (Bulgarian), hapottaa (Finnish), aigéadaigh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-bb65ShA7 Disambiguation of Acids: 38 57 5 Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 33 38 30 Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 11 89 0 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 76 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 24 63 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 66 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 86 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 66 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 67 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 66 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 73 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 14 79 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 19 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 76 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 69 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 67 14 Disambiguation of 'to neutralize alkalis': 2 98 1
  3. (figurative) To sour; to embitter. Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Chemical processes Translations (to embitter): katkeroittaa (Finnish), katkeroitua (Finnish), whakakawa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-Meg2V0j9 Disambiguation of Chemical processes: 33 38 30 Disambiguation of 'to embitter': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acidifiable, acidific, disacidify, nonacidified, reacidify, unacidified Related terms: acidification

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.",
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    {
      "form": "acidifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "transitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(transitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "acidification"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acidic",
          "acidic"
        ],
        [
          "sour",
          "sour"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to acidify sugar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To neutralize alkalis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neutralize",
          "neutralize"
        ],
        [
          "alkali",
          "alkali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 181:",
          "text": "[H]is thin existence all acidified into rage",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embitter",
          "embitter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkisljavam",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "подкислявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suānhuà",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "酸化"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "verzuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "happamoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "happamoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "hapottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "hapottua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "säuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "aigéadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "whakakawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "whakawaikawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okisljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "окисля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okíslitʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оки́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkisljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подкисля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkíslitʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подки́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "syra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "land or water",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "försura"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "asideiddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neutraliziram",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "неутрализирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "hapottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "aigéadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "katkeroittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "katkeroitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "whakakawa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acidify"
}

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