Usually means: Chemical reaction involving loss of electrons.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. oxidize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oxidize: Merriam-Webster
  3. oxidize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oxidize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oxidize: Collins English Dictionary
  6. oxidize: Vocabulary.com
  7. oxidize: Wordnik
  8. oxidize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. oxidize: Wiktionary
  10. oxidize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. oxidize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. oxidize: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. oxidize: Dictionary.com
  14. Oxidize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Oxidize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. oxidize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. oxidize: Rhymezone
  18. Oxidize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. oxidize: FreeDictionary.org
  20. oxidize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. oxidize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Oxidize: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  2. Oxidize: Energy Dictionary
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  1. oxidize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. oxidize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. oxidize: Medical dictionary

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  3. Oxidize: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See oxidizable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (chemistry, transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
verb:  (chemistry) To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
verb:  To coat something with an oxide.
verb:  (intransitive) To become oxidized.

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