Don't leave the metal exposed to the air or it will oxidize.
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Oxidize
//ˈɒksɪdaɪz//
Synonyms for "oxidize" (65 found)
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48 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- окисля verb (to combine with oxygen)
- окисля verb (to increase the valence)
- окисля се verb (to become oxidized)
- окислявам verb (to combine with oxygen)
Catalan
1 entries- oxidar verb (to combine with oxygen)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 氧化 verb (to increase the valence)
Czech
1 entries- oxidovat verb (to combine with oxygen)
Danish
1 entries- oxidere verb (to increase the valence)
Finnish
4 entries- hapettaa verb (to combine with oxygen)
- hapettaa verb (to increase the valence)
- hapettaa verb (to coat something with an oxide)
- hapettua verb (to become oxidized)
French
1 entries- oxyder verb (to combine with oxygen)
German
1 entries- oxidieren verb (to combine with oxygen)
Hebrew
1 entries- חִמְצֵן verb (to increase the valence)
Hungarian
2 entries- oxidál verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oxidálódik verb (to become oxidized)
Italian
2 entries- ossidare verb (to combine with oxygen)
- ossidarsi verb (to become oxidized)
Kazakh
2 entries- тотықтандыру verb (to combine with oxygen)
- қышқылдандыру verb (to combine with oxygen)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кычкылдануу verb (to become oxidized)
- кычкылдатуу verb (to combine with oxygen)
Persian
1 entries- اکسیدن verb (to combine with oxygen)
Polish
4 entries- utleniać verb (to combine with oxygen)
- utleniać verb (to increase the valence)
- utlenić verb (to combine with oxygen)
- utlenić verb (to increase the valence)
Portuguese
4 entries- oxidar verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oxidar verb (to increase the valence)
- oxidar verb (to coat something with an oxide)
- oxidar verb (to become oxidized)
Romanian
3 entries- oxida verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oxida verb (to become oxidized)
- oxigena verb (to combine with oxygen)
Spanish
1 entries- oxidar verb (to combine with oxygen)
Turkish
4 entries- okside etmek verb (to combine with oxygen)
- okside olmak verb (to become oxidized)
- oksitlemek verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oksitlenmek verb (to become oxidized)
Vietnamese
3 entries- làm gỉ verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oxy hoá verb (to combine with oxygen)
- oxy hoá verb (to become oxidized)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Is it not the case that un-oxidized PUFAs (poly-unsaturated fatty acids) may oxidize inside our body's cells and thus incur damage?
Source: tatoeba (10251322)
Saturated fats may be healthier than poly-unsaturated fats. The latter oxidize easily, while saturated fats remain stable.
Source: tatoeba (10251331)
Green and black tea come from the same plant, known as Camellia sinensis. But black tea is processed in a way that allows it to quickly oxidize, meaning that it usually has much lower levels of those precious catechins that Dr. Hara and other researchers rave about.
Source: tatoeba (12165511)
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