"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]
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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to turn something written into something oral': 86 14
  2. (uncommon, vulgar, slang) To perform oral sex upon. Tags: slang, uncommon, vulgar
    Sense id: en-oralize-en-verb-jHWIVnI6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oralise Derived forms: oralizable, oralization, oralizer

Inflected forms

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