"oralize" meaning in English

See oralize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: oralizes [present, singular, third-person], oralizing [participle, present], oralized [participle, past], oralized [past], oralise [alternative]
Etymology: From oral + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oral|ize}} oral + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} oralize (third-person singular simple present oralizes, present participle oralizing, simple past and past participle oralized)
  1. (chiefly US) To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral. Tags: US Translations (to turn something written into something oral): oraliser (French), oralizar (Portuguese), oralizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-oralize-en-verb-ahLkuWgq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'to turn something written into something oral': 87 13
  2. (uncommon, vulgar, slang) To perform oral sex upon. Tags: slang, uncommon, vulgar
    Sense id: en-oralize-en-verb-jHWIVnI6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oralizable, oralization, oralizer

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oralizable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oralization"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oralizer"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oralized",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oralized",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "oralise",
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      ]
    }
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          "_dis": "71 29",
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          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "_dis": "83 17",
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          "_dis": "79 21",
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        "To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US) To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral."
      ],
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          "word": "oraliser"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to turn something written into something oral",
          "word": "oralizar"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "oralizar"
        }
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        "To perform oral sex upon."
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          "oral sex"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, vulgar, slang) To perform oral sex upon."
      ],
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        "slang",
        "uncommon",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "oralized",
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    },
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      "form": "oralized",
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    },
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        "(chiefly US) To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral."
      ],
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        "To perform oral sex upon."
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        "(uncommon, vulgar, slang) To perform oral sex upon."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to turn something written into something oral",
      "word": "oraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to turn something written into something oral",
      "word": "oralizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to turn something written into something oral",
      "word": "oralizar"
    }
  ],
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}

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