Meanings
verbhydrolyze (third-person singular simple present hydrolyzes, present participle hydrolyzing, simple past and past participle hydrolyzed)
present singular third person hydrolyzes · participle present hydrolyzing · participle past hydrolyzed · past hydrolyzed · alternative hydrolyse
- UStransitivechemistryTo subject to hydrolysis.
- USintransitivechemistryTo undergo hydrolysis.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan hidrolitzar
- hidrolitzarsubject to hydrolysis
Finnish hydrolysoitua, hydrolysoida
- hydrolysoituasubject to hydrolysis
- hydrolysoidasubject to hydrolysis
French hydrolyser
- hydrolysersubject to hydrolysis
Italian idrolizzare, idrolizzarsi
- idrolizzaresubject to hydrolysis
- idrolizzarsisubject to hydrolysis
Spanish hidrolizar
- hidrolizarsubject to hydrolysis
Tagalog tubigbilusin
- tubigbilusinsubject to hydrolysis
Cite this entry
APA
hydrolyze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolyze
MLA
“hydrolyze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolyze. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrolyze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolyze.
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