"parasitize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: parasitizes [present, singular, third-person], parasitizing [participle, present], parasitized [participle, past], parasitized [past]
Etymology: From parasite + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|parasite|-ize}} parasite + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} parasitize (third-person singular simple present parasitizes, present participle parasitizing, simple past and past participle parasitized)
  1. (biology) To live on or in a host organism as a parasite. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (live off a host): parasiteer (Afrikaans), паразітава́ць (parazitavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), паразитирам (parazitiram) (Bulgarian), parasitar (Catalan), parasiteren (Dutch), loisia (Finnish), olla loisena (Finnish), parasiter (French), parasitar [feminine] (Galician), parasitieren (German), schmarotzen (German), élősködik (Hungarian), pasożytować (Polish), parasitar (Portuguese), паразити́ровать (parazitírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), parasitar (Spanish), parasitera (Swedish), паразитува́ти (parazytuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), pochlěbować [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), kí sinh (Vietnamese), פּאַראַזיטירן (parazitirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-parasitize-en-verb-eHsumQtG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 72 28 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'live off a host': 95 5
  2. To behave as a parasite more generally. Synonyms: mooch, leech, sponge, suck
    Sense id: en-parasitize-en-verb-GikfWgxn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: parasitise [UK] Derived forms: parasitism, parasitization

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "live off a host",
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      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "loisia"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "schmarotzen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "élősködik"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "pasożytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "parasitar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parazitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "паразити́ровать"
    },
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      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "parasitar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "parasitera"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "live off a host",
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      "sense": "live off a host",
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      "sense": "live off a host",
      "word": "kí sinh"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "parazitirn",
      "sense": "live off a host",
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