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bantamize

bantamize verb: to breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.

Verb

bantamize (third-person singular simple present bantamizes, present participle bantamizing, simple past and past participle bantamized)

  1. (transitive) To breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.

Forms of bantamize

third-person singular presentbantamizes
present participlebantamizing
past participlebantamized
pastbantamized

Origin of bantamize

From bantam + -ize.

Questions about bantamize

What does bantamize mean?
Bantamize means to breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.
What part of speech is bantamize?
Bantamize is a verb.
What is the past tense of bantamize?
The past tense of bantamize is bantamized.

Words near bantamize in the dictionary

  1. bant
  2. Banta
  3. bantam
  4. Bantam work
  5. bantamization
  6. bantamize
  7. bantamized
  8. bantamizes
  9. bantamizing
  10. bantams
  11. bantamweight

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